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HiSoft BASIC
The most powerful
and easy-to-use
programming
language for
all Amiga
owners ^gj/
-Sa ifl FOR ALL AMOS USERS!
A sampled sotmj
extension
:- for AMOS
A Lemmings-style romp
WPemthtM, Otqraicr, CAG,
Midi plu,rt or. J ffc*-i*oafh
Samplers t Image FX • CDTY roundup
Your first steps on the
road to Amiga
computin
r
t AGA close-u
£1.
new cmps unaer
the microscope
|l • Viruses explained
Award winning innovative products fro
Scanners
"If your in the market for a
hand scanner then forget the
rest and get Powerscan"
Amiga Format July 1992
Power Scanner v3.0
■ 100-400 DPI scanning resolutions
■64 greyscales
•Thru'port for printer
■ Award winning editing, image manipu-
lation & scanning software
Power Scanner v3.0 .£115
Power Scanner Colour £239
Epson GT-6000
• 600 DPI Colour flatbed scanner
•24-bit colour
" A4 reading area
■ Software included
Epson GT-6000 .£799
Epson GT-8000
• 800 DPI colour flatbed scanner
■24-bit colour
■ A4 reading area
* Software included
■ Amazing scan quality
Epson GT-8000 £1199
Upgrade Offers
If you consider your scanner system to
be interior to the Power Scanner, we will
happily upgrade your software and inter-
face. (Power Scanner is compatible with
most scanning heads!
v3.0 Upgrade (inc. interface) £49.95
v3.Q Software upgrade for PowerScanner
users (send SAE) £15
The Amiga cm only dliplay 16 grayscales
Power Computing, France. 15 Bid '
Floppy Drives
"This drive contains more gad-
gets than Batman's utility belt"
Amiga Computing Feb 1 992
PC8SOB Power Drive
■ Award winning drive manufactured by
Power Computing
• Super slim design
■ Anti-click (Cures that annoying click!
■ Virus blocker (Prevents viruses!
" Built-in backup hardware
PC880B with Blitz Amiga £60
PC880B with Blitz & XCopy £75
PC880B (Cyclone compatible)' £65
PC880B in black case £65
*rnn ortve ii only available to registered owners of XCopy
Professional You must provide prool ol purchase ol XCopy
Ptolesvonei
Power Drives
PC880E Economy drive £49.95
PC881 A500 Internal drive £40.00
PC882 A2000 Internal drive £45.00
Dual Drive
■ Two high quality disk drives built into
one compact unit
■ Same features as PC880B
Dual drive £125
Blitz Amiga
■ Backup disks at lightning speeds
• Stops all external drives from clicking
■ Contains anti-virus from being written
into the bootblocker
Blitz Amiga .. £20
1.44MB Power Drive
• 1.44MB disk drive
• High density floppy disk drive
1.44MB Power Drive £POA
PCMCIA Memory
• Ultra slim memory cards
■ 1MB & 2MB
•ForA600/A1200
1MB Memory card £POA
2MB Memory card £PO A
oltiaro 75011. Paris, France. Tel (1)
RAM Expansion
A600 Memory Cards
1MB RAM with clock £39
1 MB RAM without clock „. .£34
PC501+ RAM Card
Our RAM board is designed especially
for the A500* computer and comes wit*
1MB of RAM on board to expand your
memory to 2MB of chip RAM. Plug-in if
go operation (Fits into the trapdoor)
PC501 + RAM card £35.9
8MB for any A500
• Plugs into side slot, fully auto config,
thru'port Expand 2MB-8MB
2MB£109 4MB£169 8MB£2
1x4ZIP chips £14
2MB for any A500
• Economy 2MB RAM externally cased
■16-chip(1x1DIP!
•No thru'port
2MB RAM £
1.5MB RAM Board
■ Fully supports 1MB of chip RAM
■ Fully compatible with Fatter Agnus
IXicUtart 1 3 and above, not compatible writi A500>i
IVooi Amiga needs to be opened, this nay effect your «w*
1.5MB RAM board
1MB with Thru'port
■ Expand your A500 s memory up to a
total of 2MB without disposing of your
existing 512K upgrade
• Works with 1MB of Chip RAM
(5I2K RAM mull De ' dtp type or not exceeding 9cm *
(Vou> Amiga needs lo be Opened. Oils may effect your W
1MB with thru'port .. £41
A500 RAM Card
• 512K RAM expansion with clock & fret
software (A5Q0+ compatible)
512K RAM (4 chip) f
51 2K RAM without clock £2
512K RAM (16 chip) with clock £2
512K RAM (16 chip) without clock ....£*
4338B20B (8 linos) Fax (1) 433800
Power Computing Ltd ■ Tel 0234 843388
uto ROM Sharer
• Kick-off is the latest Amiga add-on from
Power
• One ot the most advanced kickstart
ROM sharers available
• A clever design on a small reliable
board
•Fits A500. A500+.A1500
• Kickstart ROM can be selected from the
keyboard
• No messing about with switches
• No XIA adaptor' or other trailing wires
• Jumper to select which ROM boots on
switches
• Compatible with old Amiga board
revisions
• Simple internal fitting"
"bck-al 'oqui'DilhabdlD DeiBmcwd Iromltie Am i >
Tbii may invilidata ynut wi ■ i ■ ii ,
ROM Share £17.95
ROM Share inc. kickstart v2.04 £55
ROM Share inc. kickstart vl.3 £39
ROM Share for A600 £29
Kickstart v2.04
2 04 Kickstart (chip only) £39.95
2.04 Kickstart ROM, workbench software,
msiall disk 2.04, font disk & extras£79,95
2.04 kit with ROM sharer £99
Video Backup System
• Use VCR as a backup storage device
• Blank video tape is all that is required
• 200 Amiga floppy disks will fit on a 4
hour tape
• Can be used for hard disk backup
• There is room for 175MB of data
• Backup an Amiga diskette in 1 minute
• Restore even to an unformatted disk
• Hard disk backup, software allows you
to specify which files and directories to
be stored
• Low cost storage. 2 pence per MB
• Menu driven software
• Allows you to watch TV on a 1084s
monitor
• Very high reliability
• Log files, contain title and counter
position of every backup
• Video connection check, ensures fool
proof operation
• Effective error-correction scheme
• Easy to understand manual
Video Backup System £59.95
A500 Hard Drives
GVP A530 Turbo HD
www
- 40MHz 68030EC accelerator
• Optional 68882 maths co-processor
■ Up to 8MB 32-bit FASTRAM on-board
■ Award winning
42QMB HO 0MB RAM £549
80QMB HD 0MB RAM £649
240MB HD 0MB RAM ! £1054
68882 Upgrado kit £224
GVP Series 2 HD
■ Up to 8MB FASTRAM on board
40QMB 0MB . £329
40QMB 2MB ....£379
40QMB 4MB ....£440
40QMB 8MB ....£509
B0QMB 0MB £399
80QMB 2MB £449
80OMB 4MB £499
80QM8 8MB £549
ICD Novia Internal HD
• Fits inside your Amiga 500
• Comes complete, just plug-in and go
Novia 401 40MB HD £279
Novia 801 80MB HD £349
ICD Flicker Fixer
Flicker Free Video 2
• Stop that annoying flicker
• Fits internally in the A500
■ Multi-sync monitor required
Flicker Free Video 2 £199
NEC4FG Multi-sync monitor .£549
Chips
4MB x 8SIMM „ £90
1MBx8SIMM £25
256Kx4DRAM £4.00
1MB xl DRAM £3.95
1 x4ZIP £14.95
1 X4DIP £19.95
A3000 Static column RAM £19.95
SIMM32x1MB-60 £65
SlM32x4MB-60 ^ -.£243
(These chips cover mosl memory S herd dnves Est
GVP. Supra, Commodore!
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■ Free technical and buying advice
■ Thousands of tree files available for
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■ Great discounts on all Power products
■ On-line ordering to ensure speed of
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■ Conferencing with top computer
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■ Regular bulletins with latest product
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The Power House BBS
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All speeds up to 16.8K
Commodore CDTV
- CDTV player
■Welcome disk * caddy
■ Keyboard
■ Floppy disk drive fblack)
■ Wired mouse
■ Workbench 1.3 and manuals
■ Infrared remote control
CDTV multi-media pack £599
A570 CD-ROM drive for A500 £349
CDTV Software
A Bun for Barney £29.99
Barney Bear goes camping £29.99
Battlechess £39.99
Case of the Cautious Condor £34.99
CD Remix v2 £34.99
Fred Fish CDPD Collection £19.95
Fun School 3 (under 5's) £24.99
Fun SchooM5-7yrs, £24.99
Fun SchooH0ver7vrs) £24.99
Guiness CDTV Disc of Records £34.99
Illustrated Holy Bible £29.99
Music Maker £34.99
NASA Heroic Age of Space £19.99
Power Pinball £29.99
Sim City £29.99
Trivial Pursuit £49.99
World Vista Atlas £54.99
Xenon 2 Megablast £29.99
More titles available
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Award winning innovative products from Power Computing
A2000 Hard Cards
GVP Series 2 HD
• Up lo 8Mb SIMM RAM on-board
• Supports external SCSI dovices
-14MHz SCSI controller
Bare £129
40QMB0MB £249 80QMB 0MB £349
40QMB 2MB £299 80QMB 2MB £399
40QMB 4MB £349 80QMB 4MB £449
40QMB 8MB £429 80QMB 8MB £539
Nexus Hard Card
• Up to 8MB RAM on-board
Bare £129
40QMB0MB £249 800MB 0MB £349
40QMB 2MB £299 80QMB 2MB £399
40QMB 4MB £3 4 9 80QMB 4MB £449
40QMB 8MB £429 80QMB 8MB £539
Bare SCSI Hard Drive
40 Quantum £17 9 80 Quantum £229
(Suitable tot GVP G-Forco, GVP HD or Nexus HQ
Other sizes ol HD available, please call
RAM Expansion
. Aries A1 500 /A2000 RAM
2MB
4MB
£129 6MB
£169 8MB
£209
£249
Q
A Max II Plus
Amiga 1500 and above
Runs Mac software
Runs System 7
Full support for all SCSI Mac
peripherals and the ability to read Mac
disks in your drives
i 68020/68030 compatible
i AppleTalk emulation
• Can use Amiga ECS
» Easy lo install
AMax-ll Plus
(Mac ROM chips requited)
Macintosh Emulator
"This really is the best emula-
tor we've seen for the Amiga. It
behaves just as if you really
were using a Mac"
Amiga Format Sept 1992
£229
24-Bit Colour
Opal Vision
'24-bit graphic card
■ 16.8 million colours available
• Operates in all standard Amiga
resolutions
■ VLSI Microcode graphics co-processor
■ Double buffered 24-bit and 15-bit
animation is available in all resolutions
• 'Palatte-mapped' design updates screen
colours in real-time. Fade pictures in and
out and change their palettes
• Equipped with 1.5MB of display RAM
■ Auto-config for NTSC or PAL
• Available for all Amigas
Software included
OpalPaint
• 24-bit painting and image processing
OpalPresents
■ Presentation program
• Control OpalVision images, Amiga
graphics and live video
• Includes fades, effects etc.
-Many more features
King of Karate
• 24-bit computer game
• Exciting karate competition
■ Demonstrates OpalVision capabilities
OpalVision £699
More information available
OpalVision roaster chip available soon
H^H Monitor
"For a monitor of this quality,
the CM8833 is worth every
penny"
Amiga Format Sept 1992
"The 4FG is an absolutely
smashing monitor that beats
every competitor"
Amiga Format Sept 1992
Philips CM8833 Mk2
■ With cable
• Available with Lotus Turbo Challenge 2
• On-site maintenance ^
CM8833 Mk2 £199
NEC Multisync 4FG
• For use with Flicker Fixers
•Very high quality *~ -,
• Built-in degausser fl
• 15" Screen
NEC Multisync 4F6
Optical Hard Drive
£549
• Manufactured by Power Computing
- 128MB on one optical disk
• Read and write optical disks
■ 40ms running speed
■ Built-in power supply
■ High power cooling tan
• 25-way and 50-way SCSI ports
• Thru'port built-in
• SCSI ID switch
• Compatible with major SCSI controllers
128MB optical drive (Internal) £729
128MB optical drive (External) £999
128MB 3.5" optical disk £39.95 each
SCSI controller card
forA1500/A2000 £129
(Compatible with Amiga, PC, and Mac. A SCSI
controller is required on the Amiga and PC)
Floptical Disk Drive
• Stores 20MB on one Z'fT disk
• Cost effective mass storage unit
• Can be used as a 1 .44MB floppy with
Amiga DOS and AMAX
• AMAX compatible with DMI Mac driver
■ Packs an entire back-up onto one floppy
■ Additional disks available
■ Internal version for A 1 500/2O00/30O0
• External version tor A500
■ SCSI Interface required
Internal A2000 kit £289
Internal A3000 kit £289
External A500 kit £389
A1500 - £599
GVP G-Force
■ 68030 accelerator board
• 68882 Maths co-processor
• DMA SCSI controller on-board
■ 68000 fall-back mode
■ Only CPU slot is used
• Internal and external SCSI connector
• Converts to hard card with Hard Drive
mount kit
■ 32-bit RAM as standard
25MHz 1MB RAM - £529
40MHz4MB RAM -£759
50MHz 4MB RAM £1249
Hard drive mount kit £35
Power Computini
Fr
anco. IB Bid Volti-re 75011. Paris. France. T.I CD 43386206 (6 lines) Fen (D 43380028
-td Tel 0234 843388
Printer:
All printers include cables
and next day delivery
Star Printers
1X200 colour £199
1X24-200 mono £239
1X24-200 colour £289
Citizen Printer
Swift 24e £279
(includes colour kit and AMI)
Epson Printers
Laser
EPL-4000 £639
EPL-4300 „_.£799
EPL-8100 £1349
Inkjet
729 SQ-870 £509
999 SO- 11 70 £629
each 1 132 column pnnter)
Dot Matrix
129 LQ-570 ™ £289
SCSI LQ-1070 £449
^ 1 132 column pnntar)
Colour PowerScan
The Power Computing colour hand-held • Images are displayed as HAM pictures
scanner for the Amiga is now available. • HAM images may be loaded from disk
This scanner offers the following features and edited using PowerScan 3
■ Image size that can be handled is limited
* 4096 colours only by the amount of memory available
■ 50-400 DPI ■ Memory does not have to be chip
■4 Scanning modes memory as in many art packages
■ Text ■ Images can be saved in various file formats
■ Greyscale • View whole image function
.Q-100 £209 ' Colour halftone • Scale/rotate/skew image or clipboard by
0(100 £189 ■ Colour any amount
•Crop image
Supra Modems The Amiga interface plugs into an "Clean up, lighten or darken image
A1500/A2000/A3000/A4000 expansion slot • Variable zoom mode
Supra Fax Modem Plus £129 wWl a separate version which connects ■ Draw freehand, lines, circles, boxes and
Supra Fax Modem v32Bis £275 t0 ^ e expansion connector of the polygons in various fill patterns, brush
Supra Modem 2400 <E*iemai> .£75 A500/A500+. The A500 version has a sizes, paste modes, or with the clip
Supra Modem 2400 Zlplus (IpmmII .£134 i h 'ough-port which is compatible with all board image
Supra 9600 £210 Ami 9 a 500 expansion peripherals. * Clipboards may be scanned directly, or
any shape can be cut from Oie main
Miscellaneous ^ B so ^ lwa,e supplied with this scanner image
is the new PowerScan Professional 3, ■ The software is compatible with all
c ower Mouse ....£15 whlch a,so supports the greyscale scan- Amigas
Optical Mouse £29 95 ner anf * w '" ^ e ava '' aD ' e as an upgrade ■ Supports Workbench 2 and ECS screen
^placement optical mouse mat' £9.9S ,0 users of p ™«> r Scan for £15. modes
tO Maxell disks, optical mouse,
^ Colour PowerScan v3.0 features Colour PowerScan now available
cell multi-colour disks (10) £9.95 . Real-time 'True-feel' scan option in New v3.0 Scan software
jpy disks bulk £PO A colour halftone mode
Aviator 1 joystick - £35 • Images are stored internally as 12-bit PowerScan Colour v3.0 £239
intruder 1 joystick £29.99 graphics, not HAM. This means that no PowerScan Greyscale v3.0 ~ £115
Maverick 1 joystick _ „-...£! 5.99 quality is lost due to the Amiga only PowerScan v3.0 software upgrade ...£15
Python 1 joystick £9.99 being able to display HAM images in
Apache 1 joystick „™„..„£7.99 4096 colours The Amiga can only display I6greyscales
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A gentle
introduction to
the Amiga's
myriad useful
skills for
beginners and
experts alike
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Any owner's first steps in
the world of the Amiga
can be a wierd and won-
derful experience.
Trie feeiing of satisfac-
tion at having completed
a game of superb audio-
visual quality, typing and
printing your first letter
with a wordprocessor, or
adding the finishing louche to that DPaint masterpiece
all are unique to what is the most flexible and powerful
home computer In the world.
To reflect the experiences of new ownen and begin-
ners who might never have contemplated life after
games, Anugo Computing attempts even/ year to place an
emphasis on as wide a variety of subjects as possible and
to approach these subjects in a down-to-earth way, thus
welcoming new owners and new readers to our
maga/ine.
This year, we've gone a little further tlian usual. Your
magazine this month includes not only a guide to placing
those first few footsteps on the road to productivity, but
also makes an effort to de-mystify the virus hoodoo,
explain the new ACA chips, which many of you will find
inside your Al 200 machines, and we have an in-depth
look at sound samplers, one of the most popular serious
uses of the Amiga over the past few years.
UK readers will also find our exclusive BO-page book,
Mastering the Amiga, designed to help you over the first
few stumbling blocks, and we have the usual array ol
quaftty reviews, games coverage, and shopping guides in
our features, Gamer, and Amiga Market sections respec-
tively.
Our second disk, containing the superb HiSoft Basic,
allied to a major beginners' programming series begin-
ning next month, should see many of our readers quickly
become competent and comfortable users of some of the
most advanced technology available on the high street
All this simply goes to prove that there's only one
complete Amiga magazine in Britain, and you're reading
it - Amiga Computing* ^
EDITOR
Stevie Kennedy
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Paul Austin
ART EDfTORS
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John Buffers
TECHNICAL EDITOR
David Difanoh
PRODUCTION EDITOR
Phil Monc
GAMER EDITOR
Paul RoimcWI
STAFF WRITERS
Jonathan Maddock
Ben Style*
ADVERTISING DIRECTOR
Jane Conway
ADVERTISING MANAGER
Sue Horvefield
AD SALES
Simon Firuimmoni
Simon Lee*
AD PRODUCTION
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CUSTOMER SERVICE
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Amiga News
Sterling crisis to force Amiga prices up? Will -■ *%
the AGA chip set appear for Al 500/2000 owners? . I Z
USA News
The latest news from the Amiga's birthplace, -i q
including the rush to support the Al 200 I O
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part of our superb A3000 and
OpalVision spectacular from
Calculus
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THE COVERDISKS
First steps
HiSoft Boilc, a complete,
powerful, beginner-friendly
- programming language! ^
D-San, an essential muskal
extension to Amos!
Total value: £60!
Reader offer
Save money on the best range of Amiga
books in the business
This month we bring you one of the
Amiga's most powerful and easy to use
programming languages, HiSoft Basic,
which we'll be supporting from next
month in an extended beginners' pro-
gramming guide.
There's also an invaluable extension for
musical Amos users and the usual collec-
tion of superb shareware games and utili-
ties, including Mouse Impossible, a
Lemmings-style strategy game, and CAG
for those who'd love to produce their own Nasty DUgS
graphic adventures.
A gentle Introduction to the Amiga's myriad of *
useful skills for beginners and experts alike
Sampler supertest
Every major piece of sampling hardware r
examined in a search for the best sounds J Z
61
Effortless FX
GVP's graphics engine given a full MOT at ^ ^
the hands of our mufti -coloured mechanic. . / Z
The ultimate viral threat tamed with a bit
of expert help t MW h
79
S-Express
82
Two top S-VHS genlocks, Hama and
G-Lock. battle for video mastery
AGA close-up
The new Amiga chip set examined OA
microscopically in a warts-and-all report ✓ V
Grabbing with ease
The latest Amiga video digiliser, Vidi 1 2,
shows oft its talents
97
Scanning in colour
The Power ColourScan, first Amiga hand-held
colour scanner, looks every bit a winner
■held ^(J
Workstation 2
Indispensable, and fully explained 1 A 1
- the Amiga Computing killer disk I V/ I
Protext guide
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Pound crisis to force
Amiga prices up £30
AS EXCLUSIVELY lorecasl in last month's
Amiga Computing, unfavourable currency
exchange rate* have now forced
Commodore to plan a £30 price hike for
all Amiga packs.
The move is due lo come into effect
on |anuary 1, and will take the entry-
level A600 back above £300 and the
new A1 200 to over £400.
Like most multi-national firms.
Commodore calculate their British prices
based on the pound to dollar exchange
rate, making allowances for slight
variations.
But since September the pound's
value has sunk over 20 per cent from
around SI. 98 to below SI .55, although
Amiga prices are due to be increased by
less then ten per cent.
The firm had tried to maintain Lheir
price policy by cutting retail margins,
but like many other computer manufac-
turers now say rise* are now
"inevitable". Commodore's Andrew Ball
by John Butters
said: "Our margins have been adversely
affected since September. It's more than
likely that our prices will go up."
And now only an unexpected sterling
recovery can stop the A600 rising to £329,
the Wild, Weird ft Wicked pack to £379,
and the A600 Epic pack and standalone
A1200 to £529.
The A1200, however, still remains in a
perfect position to combat any possible
threat from rival manufacturer Atari, when
their 32-bit Falcon computer becomes
available.
The 1Mb machine was due lo be
released in Bntain during September with
a £499 price tag, but as we went to press
had still not appeared with dealers.
Commodore have promised to cut
prices to their previous levels if the pound
recovers.
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Expansion trio on the way
Faster maths
for A1200
AMLRICAN peripheral manufacturer
Great Valley Products are set (o release
three new products for the Amiga
Including an Internal hard drive and
RAM accelerator card.
lite hard drive plugs into the AhOO
and A1200 1 IDE slot, and has BSMb ul
storage capacity. Supplied with appro-
priate utilities software. It costs £399.
And A 1200 users can also Increase
the speed and memory of their com
outers with a new 68030EC RAM accel
erator <ard, running at 40MH/.
The £399 card will make Amigas run
about lour limes (aster than normal,
and has a slot for a maths co processor.
Between two and 32Mb of hi speed
memory can bo added.
No prices were available for the
memory, although an industry expert
said 16Mb SIMMS like those used In
the expansion are "seriously
expensive".
The third expansion from CVP will
give the A1 200 a SCSI interface, a slot
for a maths co processor and up lo
8Mb of extra memory.
Supplied with -1Mb of 32 bit fast
Amiga Computing February 1993
MICROBOTICS MBX 1200 is an A1
upgrade, giving owners a Motorola float!
point unit and up to 8Mb of fast RAM.
Fitting onto the A1 200's internal experts!
connector, the board is claimed to speed I
floating point operations by up to 55 tiffl
that of the standard machine.
Those who will see most benefit from fl
board are users ot memory and maths-inn
sive applications such as animation, ray-W
ing, morphing, scientilic calculation ar
image processing.
It is made by Texas-based MicroBoua (01
1 214 437 5330), but is available in BriU
from First Computer Centre (0532 319444)
Sterling prices were unavailable at the bn
of going to press, although in the Slates fl
board sells for SI 89 without memory.
ilm tor
AliOO
RAM, the board will cost f 399.
"Once again CVP have come lo the
aid of Amiga users, pushing the bound
aries of Amiga technology ever for-
ward/' said a spokesman for UK
distributor Silica Systems.
"For the first time home users can
have a I2-Mt Irue colour home com
puler with workstation performance at
a price everybody can afford "
Silica Systems can be telephoned on
081 309 1111.
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News
■ rpHepiy warning*
Epilepsy
warnings played
down
■■TttH doctors have played down warnings
ftOM two tending games console manufac-
turer* and wares in national newspapers
thai light patterns used in video games
coJd trigger epileptic fits.
Instructions supplied with Sega's Sonic 2
say that the video game may induce an
epfcpbc seizure, and advises players to dis-
continue use rf they (eel certain conditions.
Sega say they issued the warnings to pro-
tect them serves against possible legal action,
although the firm were unaware ot cases of
epJepoc fits being caused by games.
Similar advice to Nintendo customers was
grven after one or two isolated incidents, a
spokesman said.
But experts stress that games cannot
cause epilepsy in people not affected by the
condition, although they admit that light
fashes in games played on some television
sets could trigger fits.
Sue Cooper, spokeswomen for the British
Epriepsy Association, said that there are up
to 350,000 British epilepsy sufferers but
fewer than 10,000 are sensitive to flashing
fcghts.
■tfs such a smaH proportion of sufferers
tut we don't consider it a problem," said
Sue. She advised parents not to be put off
buying video games for their children.
Children learn
with graphics
CNLDREN between two and 12 years old
are targeted for Childsplay, a new educa-
aonaJ word processor which can also be used
'cr creating puzzles and graphical ideas.
Developed by Helios Software (0623
AA upgrades
development
19CRADES could soon be available to
enable owners of 32-bit Amigas such i
J* the A3000 to use the new AA graph- 1
«s chip set.
A leading American developer Is
Mieved to be working on the device
conjunction with Commodore,
although it is not known whether a
working board yet exists. Details
ivmain sketchy but we will give you
more information as it becomes
mailable.
5S482B), colourful graphics can be mixed
with text and a dual-layered display enables
letters to be overlaid onto a graphical
backdrop.
Text is entered into the wordprocessor
through the keyboard and various facilities
are available for inserting and deleting indi-
vidual letters or blocks of text
Whole texts or single letters and words
can then be recited using three voices con-
tained in a computer speech facility.
Other features include the ability to alter
or supplement the program's graphics, and
a scrolling list of words that can be selected
to allow progressive introduction to new
vocabulary.
And the wordprocessor doubles up as a
jigsaw puzzle. Full pictures can be used as a
backdrop, over wbkh kids may be taught to
assemble jumbled set of blocks.
"Childsplay has an excellent flexibility of
design which allows a parent or teacher to
constantly recreate the program to keep
pace with the learning process of the child,"
said a Helios spokesperson,
"It's immediately enjoyable, and even the
smallest children can play with it creatively
without any instruction. The program really
excels, however, as a means for parents or
teacher to provide children with progressive
creative activities and puzzles.''
Available now, Childsplay costs £24.95.
Extra choice
for CD-ROM
A RANGE of CDTV-compalible CD-ROM
drives has just been launched for most
Amigas by Almathera Systems (081-638
6418). Based on Toshiba SCSI CD drives,
Amiga hits the airwaves
THE world's first weekly radio show dedicated exclusively to Amiga enthusiasts is now
broadcast across Europe every Tuesday on satellite station Euronet
Available to 33 million homes with normal satellite receivers. Mouse Trap is a 30
minute programme of news, reviews and opinion on alt things related to the Amiga.
It Is the brainchild of television and radio broadcaster Chns Denning - who himself
owns two Amigas - and will feature erstwhile Amiga Computing technical editor |eff
Walker.
The first programme in mid-December discussed the A4000 and contained an explana-
tion of ISDN, the state-of-the-art service which allows video to be sent down telephone
lines.
It is planned to run for at least two months, and providing the audience builds to a
respectable level it will continue indefinitely.
Chris says one of Mouse Trap's main strengths will be its ability to launch Amiga prod-
ucts in every European country
simultaneously.
"We've had availability of air-time
for quite a while," says Chris. "At the
moment it's used mainly for music but
we have found specialist shows work
better on Sky."
"Mouse Trap feels more like a bul-
letin board than a radio show, and we
envisage phone-ins with experts once
it becomes established."
Transmitted at 9.30am, ll is
repeated at 5.30pm and Wednesday
morning at 1.30am.
How to receive
Mouse Trap
• Tune your satellite receiver into Astra
Transponder 20 (Sky Sports)
0 Consult your satellite receiver's manual tor
instructions on how to change audio channels
• Tune in to audio channel 7.S6MHi.
• If your satellite receiver is connected to your
audio amplifier, turn your television set oft
and your amp on.
they are claimed to operate twice as fast as
the CDTV and be more than 90 per cent
compabble with CD-based Amiga software.
They enable A500 users to use compact
discs without unplugging hard disks like
the A590, and owners of A1500s, A2000s
and A3000s can also use the drives.
Three CDs are included in the pack,
among them Almathera's CDPD public
Shareware form eases registration
SUBSCRIBERS to CompuServe, the giant on-line information service, can now register for
shareware programs through their modems.
By completing an on-line form, users can register for programs and have the charge
billed to their account. CompuServe then forwards the fee - minus a small charge - to the
author.
In addition to convenience, the service eliminates currency exchange problems found
by shareware users who live in a different country than tlw author.
By typing a keyword such as Utilities or Games, users can view a list ol programs by cat-
egory, enabling them to easily find programs that suit their needs.
"Shareware authors who make their programs available in CompuServe forums will be
encouraged to submit their programs to the registratton database," said CompuServe's
Martin Turner.
"Several hundred programs have already been submitted to the database, which is
updated on a continuing basis." CompuServe can be telephoned on 0800 289378.
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domain collection featuring Fred Fish disks
one to 660.
Prices are £395 for an internal kit and
£495 for an external model. Supplied with
a SCSI card, the drives cost an extra £ 1 00.
Hard drives to
go inside
INTERNAL hard disk drives with between
20 and 1 20Mb of storage capacity are now
available for the A600 and A1200 from
Bradford-based Trilogic (0274 691 M5).
A connecting cable is supplied and the
disks fit straight into the Amiga's hard drive
slot. Each b formatted ready to use and can
be re-partitioned if required.
Trilogic claim the drives have a "very
fast" access time and are quiet in use.
Prices start at £119.99 for the 20Mb
model, and range up to £349.99 for
120Mb.
Adorage adds
video effects
GERMAN video effects software Adorage is
now available to British Amiga users from
Micro-Pace (0753 551888).
The package enables users to create
many digital-like video effects for IFF graph-
ics, as developed with paint packages such
as Deluxe Paint IV.
II has more than 700 effects based on
transitions, wipes and visual graphics, and
features the Super Smooth Animation for-
mat, cutting jitter when complex anima-
tions are played back. Standard effects
include mosaic, splinter, shatter, windmill
Amiga Computing February 1993
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Epson improve their scanning
HB MARKETING (0753 686000) have been appointed as a distributor for Epson's CT6500
colour A4 flatbed scanner - the successor to the CT6000.
Using dnver software from ASDG, images can be scanned into any Amiga for incorpo-
rating into desktop publishing or desktop video applications.
It has a colour output resolution of up to 1.200 dots per inch, and can also handle line
art, and 256 greyscale images lor mono work and computer-aided design.
The £938 scanner also has an optional sheet feeder for bulk optical character recogni-
tion work and can use an
adaptor for scanning
transparencies and reflec-
tive materials.
Said Epson's Tony
Petford: "We encourage
customers to question the
iT** 0 **" '°9' c °' buying a mono
»ooOT»* scanner when they can
have a quality colour scan-
ner with comparable
mono capabilities at a sim-
ilar price."
Meanwhile, ASOC (010
1 608 273 6585) have
announced that their latest
Epson scanner driver now
supports two extra colour
machines - the ES600C
and E5800C.
GHSOQ - Ipion t UKiauflo Ihc GT60O0
News flashes
• ROMs can now be bought for Apple
Macintosh emulators from Design by
DiscGrace (0202 604104). The Poole-
based firm sells Mac Plus 128k chips for
£140 and all Mac II and LC ROMs for
£303.15.
• THE first in a chain of future Zone
computer games stores was opened in
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
recently, and there are already plans for
a nationwide network of 1 30 shops.
Famborough and Aberdeen will see
the next stores and in each town where
Future Zone opens there will be a mas-
sive publicity drive.
• SKY ONE are set to become the latest
station to broadcast a games show, with
a programme called The Game Zone
due to be shown every weekday from
March.
The show will be produced by
Hewland International, the same firm
that makes Channel 4's existing
Gamesmaster. Each show will have its
own theme such as cheats or new
releases.
• LEEDS-based computer dealer First
Choice Computers have been renamed
First Computer Centre (0532 319444).
The move follows the introduction of a
larger product range and service.
• MOTOROLA are to extend their
68000 series of microprocessors with the
release of a 68060 chip by the end of
1993. It is claimed that the processor will
run at 100 millions of instructions per
second.
• GREMLINS struck November's review
of the Order v2 database. SouthHams
Software's telephone number should be
0752 880906 and we apologise to our
readers for the mistake.
• THE A3000 and Opal Vision competi-
tion published in last month's Amiga
Computing was sponsored by Calculus
Stores (0543 251275), and not the firm
previously mentioned. The second part
of the competition appears this month.
• CARRYING cases now available for
A600s have enough space for peripherals
and disks to be packed with the
computer.
The grey holdalls are padded and fea-
ture Vekro fasteners, shoulder straps and
rubber feet. Price: £14.95 from Silica
Systems (081-309 1111).
and page-peel, and the distributor recom-
mends the program is run on machines
with 2Mb of memory.
Supplied with English documentation,
Adarage costs £79.99.
Book gives
Amos tips
IDEAS, tips and inside information on
how to get the best results from Amos
are contained in a new book just pub-
lished by Kuma Computers (0734
844339).
Amos In Action also contains details
and opinions on the add-on packages
available for the top Amiga program-
ming language, and advice on getting
your games published.
The book was written by programmer
Len Tucker and is supplied with a
coupon to enable readers to obtain a
free games disk. Price: £12.95 (I5BN
07457 0221 X).
Growing with
AmigaDOS
EXTRA pages have been added to
Mastering AmigoDOS Volume One, Bruce
Smith Books' (0923 894355) guide to
the Amiga's operating system.
New chapters include Commodities,
and Fountain and Pipes, and other
revisions bring the book up to date with
the latest versions of AmigaDOS.
Written by Bruce Smith and Mark
Smiddy, the 416-page book keeps its
£21.95 price tag. Its ISBN number is
1-873308-10-8-
Utilities grow
for video card
SOFTWARE supplied with leading multi-
purpose video card IV24 is soon to be
upgraded, and an extra two programs will
be included with the package.
New utilities will include a dedicated
frame grabber called Mylad, and Digital
Darkroom, an effects package lor produc-
ing wipes, fades and transitions.
Paint program Macro Paint, meanwhile,
is promised several new features, and wi
run much faster.
Silica Systems (081 -309 1111) have a
finalised upgrade details, but they wi
appear in our Updates pages once th
are released.
Watch and learn
A VIDEO just launched by Manchester,
based Crystal Concepts (0942 523387)
aims to teach newcomers to modem com-
munications how to get started. The one-
Cheaper drives for CDTV
CALCULUS Computer Stores (0543 251275) are offering CDTV owners Datapac 65Mb
external hard disk drives at a special launch price of £349.99.
Housed in a black impact resistant box, the front panel has power on and hard drive
access indicators . At the back there are two SCSI sockets - one of them for daisy chain-
ing up lo seven SCSI devices - a device number selector and power on/off switch.
The drive is supplied with an Encore SCSI controller and installation disk, a SCSI con-
nector cable for linking Datapac to the CDTV and Workbench 1 .3 disks.
i(
Muounted
hartl drtva for
CDTV
Naked mice
roam the City
THE latest craze in the City's foreign
exchange dealing rooms are see
through mice, claims manufacturer
Spectravideo (081 902 2211).
The company says that television
coverage during the recent ERM crisis
showed naked rodents on dealers
desks, and now they have added an
Amiga model to their Dotalux range.
It has enlarged trigger buttons, and
is claimed to have a high degree ot
sensitivity, accuracy and smoothness
Price: £22 99.
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Joystick comes from outer space
CHEETAH (0222 8967777) have unveiled Argostick, the latest
member of their FuturiSttck range of Amiga joysticks.
It has been designed so that it resembles machinery you
would expect to see roaming the (ar-away land of some forbid-
den planet light yean into the future.
However, it retains an usuai |oysuui leaium, ifiiuuiuy auiw
matic lire and several Fire buttons.
The shape and texture has been carefully sculptured to pro-
vide ultimate comfort and control for the most serious games
players," said a Cheetah spokesperson.
"Cheetah's attention to detail is highly respected in the mar-
ket place, but even the company's biggest fans will enthuse
over the Argostick."
Two versions of the joystick are available, one costing £1 2.99
and a microswitch model with a £14.99 price tag.
Anj.mit k - from
tar away fundi
hour video shows beginners how to set up
software, how to download files from bul-
letin boards, and how to get the best from
the boards once they have logged on.
II also says which archivers will get the
downloaded files up and running, and
contains ISO bulletin board telephone
numbers and four software titles.
These include NComm2, SID, PKAzip
and LHArc, already set up and ready to
run. A three-month free subscription is
also available with one of Britain's leading
bulletin boards. Crystal Concept boss Mr
Blundell, said: "We believe that with this
package it is now possible lor someone
with absolutely no experience whatever to
get into comms.
They will be saved the hassle and frus-
tration most beginners experience when
logging on to boards." Price: £28.95.
Zone help opens
A LEADING distributor of Amiga music
equipment have now opened up their
technical support lines for all musicians.
Non-Zone Distribution (071-738 5444)
Cubes fill with disks
TWO new low-cost 3.5in disk storage systems are now available from Action Computer
Supplies (071-586 3429).
Officedata Micro 15 is a cube which can hold up lo 15 disks, it can be pushed Irom
a cube to staircase design, allowing disks to be selected easily. A pack ol si* cubes costs
£19.95.
The more conventional Officedata Datafile 10 is an easel-opening storage box which
holds up to ten disks. It costs £22.95 for a pack of eight boxes.
Meanwhile, Sony have developed a 3.5in floppy disk which they claim reduces drive
power consumption by up lo 20 per cent. The disks are aimed at laptop users.
customers will be asked to pay a small
registration fee, but they will then be
offered unbiased technical and buying
advice. •
Technical help
found online
TECHNICAL advice is now offered free to
Silica Systems (081-309 1111) customers
through a bulletin board just set up by the
firm.
Mailboxes are available for many types
of popular computer including the Amiga,
and technical support staff monitor the
board frequently during the day.
In addition to finding answers to tech-
nical problems, the system can also be
used for downloading latest software
upgrades such as printer drivers and pub-
lic domain programs.
It operates 24 hours a day, and the
dealer are currently looking al ways of set-
ting up an online 'ordering service.
"We are continuously looking for ways
to improve our support and service to our
customers," said Silica spokesman Andy
Leaning.
"We have offered telephone and fax
support for some time and this new bul-
letin board extends the service further."
To access the Silica bulletin board at up
to 2,400 baud, modem users should dial
081-309 5255. The protocols are 8 N 1.
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SOMETHING
WE DON'T?
Although Amiga Computing has
scores of contacts in the Amiga
world we need you. If you have
some hot news ring John Butlers
on the news desk now on 0625
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North American Amigans lusting
after Commodore's new Al 200
could flirt with the machine,
but not take it home, at the World of
Commodore-Amiga show held in Toronto,
Ontario on December 4 to 6, 1 992.
The Amiga 1200 was on display in a
number ol dealer's booths, but wasn't yet
available for sale. Commodore was
promising machines for the US before
Christmas, but couldn't commit to a 1 992
release in Canada.
Interestingly, it seems thai Canadian
A1200s will have the UK-style keyboard
with the small Return key and two blank
keys, while the US machines will have key-
board with full-sized Left Shift and Return
keys and no blanks. It's unusual for the
two countries to end up with different
configurations.
The crowd was a bit smaller and more
subdued compared than in past years,
which is unusual given Commodore's new
releases and the increased attendance al
US shows this year. The exhibitors were
enthusiastic, though, and were happily
showing off their wares.
Hot stuff
There weren't many completely new
products, as most manulacturers had at
least previewed their new programs at the
World of Commodore show in Pasadena
earlier this year, but there was some hot
stuff on display.
One of the big hits of the show was
Digital Creations' Brilliance, the 24-bit
paint program. Brilliance supports all ACA
screen modes and stores data in 24-bits
internally.
This means you can load in a 24-bit
picture and touch it up, even on a classic
ECS Amiga, and not lose any colour inlor-
The
pany had just got Denny Atkin reports wider range of graphics
on the latest •*"**«"«■»*■
developments from
the USA
mation or detai
com
the HAMS version of the
program up and running
for the show, so il looked
like they were going to
miss their December ship
date.
It should be available soon after you
read this, though, if it's not already.
Cold Disk was showing the new
Prolessional Page 4.0, which was almost
complete. Along with 256-colour screen
support on AGA Amigas, this update also
adds a font previewer, visual letter-pair
kerning, a free paint program (the creators
of DPaint and Brilliance need not feel
threatened), a page-sorter, and a number
of new Genies (special ProPage ARexx
macros).
ProPage has got a bit better at talking to
the outside world, with new text import
modules and a much
GIF, TIF, PCX, BMP,
Adobe Illustrator, Aldus
Freehand, and of course
IFF and Professional
Draw. The price is still
S295, and the upgrade fee to v4.0 is J75
U.S.
INOVAtronics demonstrated Directory
Opus v4.0, a vastly improved version of
their popular directory utility. It had better
be improved, as the retail price has jumped
up to S99, with a $40 upgrade fee from
previous versions (more than some people
paid for their original version!).
Along with a new, cleaner interface,
Directory Opus v4.0 now supports AGA
screen modes (for both running the pro-
gram and displaying pictures);
Noisetracker, SoundTracker, Protracker,
Vista gets more colourful sunsets
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This is a pncey upgrade, but with eve
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Worth the wait
Soft-Loglk is finally shipping A
Expression, their structured drawing p-
gram that supports EPS, ProDraw, an
DR2D formats. Over three years in th
making, the program is well worth th
wait, and promises to bring new flexibili"
to Amiga graphic artists.
The company also showed their ne
TypeSmilh program, an outline font edit
that supports PostScript Type 1 , Soft-Log'
DMF, and Compugraphic Intellifonts.
No longer are you limited to using o~
font with one program and having to
out and buy the same font in a differ
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will easily convert between all the formats
supports.
It will even let you load in Amiga bit
fonts or IFF pictures and irace over them!
full set of drawing tools and automat
kerning features will delight the deskt-
typographer.
Look for some great PD and sharewa
fonts after TypeSmith hits the market
fanuary al a suggested retail price
SI 99.95.
Rumours
Commodore's Lew Eggebrecht spi
the beans on new chipset developmen'
whetting Amiga users' appetites for fiT
24-bit machines (see my Pasadena sh
report for more details).
Even more interesting, though, wer
rumoured products that were suppost
discussed in more private settings b
Commodore representatives. There
talk of the already-known SCSI-II control'
for the A4000 and the AT&T DSP modu
which are apparently set to ship in the fi
quarter ol 1993, but even more interesli
were rumours of both a 68030 and les
expensive 68EC030 model of the Ami
4000 that would appear early next y
along with the A4000 tower.
These machines could be just the Ihi
for folks who wanl more power than t*
A1200 can provide but who can't fool t
bill for an A4000/040.
Other inieresting rumours included
PCMCIA 386SX emulator for the A600 a
A1200 developed by a third-party in
operation with CBM, full-motion video
ware for the Amiga operating system, a
future support of the Kodak Photo C
lormaL
A lung awaited upgrade to Vtslal'ro i\ getting ready to ship
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me wllh a beta version to preview lor Ihls column. Mid It
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short routines have been re coded in Assembly language
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Amiga, though).
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S99.9S. If fractal landscapes arc your thing, check this out.
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HiSoft BASIC
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owners wjj'
In the vast Amiga world out there are
quiet a few versions of Basic, but
none quiet as easy to use and power-
ful as HiSoft Basic. One of the main advan-
tages of Basic is its easy to understand
commands which makes programming
much more simple.
Unfortunately, though, most Basics are
extremely slow. This is due to the fact that
the computer has to turn each command
in Basic into something which it under-
stands before it can move to the next
command in the program.
This process slows it down a consider-
able amount, so to get a Basic program to
work at a more reasonable speed it has to
be turned into something which the com-
puter can understand more easily, which
in turn will speed up the Amiga's running
of initially Basic programs.
Compiling
The process of converting basic pro-
grams into something which the com-
puter understands is called compiling.
HiSoft Basic has two main programs -
HiSoft Basic, which is the integrated editor
and compiler, and HB. Compiler, which is
the compiler itself (required by the editor).
When you want to start programming
you only need to load the HiSoft Basic
program and not the HB.compiler. This is
because when you program with HiSoft it
always compiles the program for you and
then runs it. This makes HiSoft one of the
fastest Basic programming packages
around.
To use HiSoft 8asic you have to reset
your Amiga and place the CoverDisk
which contains HiSoft in the disk drive - it
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will auto-bool. Once loaded, click on the
HiSoft Basic Editor icon, which is main
part of the program.
Once loaded you are presented with
the main editing area which at the
moment is blank. If you now hold down
your right mouse button you will see sev-
eral menus appear at the top of the
screen.
One of the main advantages of HiSoft is
its compatibility with other Basic packages.
This means that you can load, say, an
Amiga Basic program into HiSoft and com-
pile and run it. This also means you can
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export HiSoft programs into most other
Basic packages.
HiSoft is compatible with all Amiga*
with Kickstart 1 .2 or higher. Obviously the
more memory you have the easier pro-
gramming will be - it is also handy to
have an extra disk drive but this is not
essential.
There are four pull-down menus altoJ
gether which are Project, Search, Options
and Program. HiSoft acts rather like i
wordprocessor enabling you to edit yw*
programs with ease.
Fast
We will now load one of the demos on]
the CoverDisk to see how easy it is and
how fast HiSoft really is. First of all pull-
down the Project menu and select th*j
Load option. You will then be presented
with the file requester. Click on th<
demos drawer and then double click (mM
the triangles.bas file.
You will now have a program called tn-
A
QoverDisl
cv.:r<>en. This program when
ha* a* a*** coloured triangles to make
■MM. ■ you now pull down the
r aa ifwru and select Run. HiSoft will
ear-par V-jnqie^" and (hen run i(. lo
1 m* press the Esc button and you
W ^wned lo the listing.
aal notice how last this program
■jfffc. ff f9u were to load the same pro-
fta* r*D Amtga Basic it would run con-
slower.
! oad certain programs you
»•» fN a* error telling you that the text
a not large enough lor the pro-
yoa are trying to load. This does
art mean you have run out of memory,
aat ft* the standard preset of 10,000
frtfas a not large enough.
can set the text butler by pulling
dDaff: the Options menu and selecting
You can then type in the amount
tou a*sh to reserve for the buffer.
Buffer
9 you already have a program in memory
aid have run out of text buffer space, you
•*vc save your program before trying to
•otase the buffer, as changing the text
fc#er si/e will clear the memory and you
aal tose your program. You must leave at
aatf 100k for (he system to operate in.
As mentioned earlier, HiSoft's main
•Vantage is its ability to compile Basic
.grams to make them run much faster.
• you have a Basic program loaded and
aau wish to compile it, you can do this in
tao ways. To compile something, go to
•e Program menu and select Compile.
Vau will then be asked if you want to
ttmpile to disk or memory.
it you select Compile To Memory, it
aal compile the program and allow you
to run it. This is the quickest way to com-
p*e something, and it is also ideal for try-
fig things out and debugging programs.
When you select Compile To Disk,
*Sott 8asic will compile the program and
a** it to disk. If you have not previously
wved the program, HiSoft will call it
NONAMt The compiled version will have
the extension .bas.
When you have compiled a program to
disk it becomes a standalone program
which you can then run by double click-
ing on its icon from Workbench, but the
program will need the hisoftbasic. library
file to run.
Whenever you're doing any type of
work with your computer it is a good
practice to save out regularly, but more so
when doing programming as the com-
puter tends to crash more often if you
haven't de-bugged your program prop-
erly. Regular saving of your work will save
you a lot of typing!
If you are writing a new program which
when run puts up a error message, HiSoft
will ask you if you wish to continue run-
ning the program. Until you are familiar
with HiSoft Basic you should reply with N,
then go to the line which HiSoft tells you
the problem is in and rectify it.
To get the most out of HiSoft Basic you
should take advantage of our reader man-
ual offer in this issue. With the manual you
also get a version of HiSoft Basic specifically
designed for 1 Mb Amigas enabling you to
use some more advanced features.
ParCheese
Author: Xavier Egusquiea
This game is a cross between Frustration
and Ludo. The main idea is to get all of
your markers safely around the board to
your home base.
You can play with up to three other
players or against the computer. Before you
start you have to pull down the Players
menu and select which colour you wish to
be, then select who you want to play. If
you select the computer you must also
select which level you wish to play the
computer on and what colour the com-
puter is. The computer can play for several
opponents. Once you have selected who's
can't nov», (Press nouse button)
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Mouse Impossible
Author: Steve Holt
Mouse Impossible is a Lemmings-style game where the main object is to stop the
mouse from stealing your cheese. This may sound a simple task but it's definitely not.
There are a total of 30 levels for you to try to complete and with each level the task
becomes harder and harder. Once Mouse Impossible is loaded, saving your cheese is
Ihe name of the game.
A mouse will try to float down to your cheese and steal it using a bunch of balloons.
Once he has the cheese, a cannon starts to fire across the screen and you have lo put
various obstacles in the cannon's way to deflect the shots towards the mouse, making
him drop the cheese.
When the mouse begins his descent you must place obstacles in the path of the
cannon. You can only place the obstacles while the mouse Is descending, so it's best
to think about the level before trying it.
You place the obstacles, which are on the right edge of the screen, by clicking on
them with your left mouse button then putting them where you think they should be,
finally clicking the left mouse button again.
While you are holding the obstacle you can click the right mouse button to turn it
around - this makes the obstacle deflect the cannon's shots differently.
When you complete each level you are given an end-of-level code, so when you
play the game again you don't have lo do the levels which you've already done
belore.
This game requires some skill in judging where to put the obstacles and the best
bet is to study the level hard first, and try turning some of the obstacles over to see
what effect they have on the cannon's shots.
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playing and what colours they're using, it's
time to start the game, so pull down the
project menu and select Start.
The computer will then ask the player
who is to go first - click the mouse button
to roll the dice. You can't start to move
your players until you roll a six.
When you've managed to roll a six you
can then select which one of your men is
about to start his trip home, then you
roll the dice again to see how far your
man is to move.
If you roll a six you can move six
places then roll again, but if you get a six
three times or more then one of your
men must go back to the beginning and
start again.
If your opponent lands on one of your
men then that man must return back to
the beginning and wait until another six
is thrown before starting again. The aim
is to be the first to get all his men home.
D-Sam
Author: AZ Software
D-Sam is an extension for Amos, giving you an extra 46 sound-related commands.
Before you can use these extra commands you have to install them into Amos, which is
a very simple procedure - just follow these instructions:
• Copy the file "D-Sam.lib" to your Amos system directory
• Run the ConfigJ .3. Amos program from Amos
• Load the default configuration
• Set loaded extension number IS to ":Amos_System/D-Sam.lib"
• Select Save configuration menu
The D-Sam.lib is in the Utilities/D-Sam drawer. Once you have followed these simple
steps you will have the 46 new commands built in to Amos. The new commands are ail
designed to make it easier for you to create programs using music and samples.
With the extra D-Sam commands fitted into your copy of Amos you can play back
samples and music directly from floppy or hard disk, which enables you to save mem-
ory, or you can load the samples into memory first then play them back.
To start using D-Sam you only need to team five commands:
SMP OPEN <samplenum>,<"filename">
(samplenum is valid between 0 and
65,535)
Opens IFF or RAW samples for playback
direct from disk file.
SMP LOAD <samplenum>,<"filename">
(samplenum is valid between 0 and
65,535)
Loads IFF or RAW samples from an
AmigaDOS file to memory. The file must
exist, ie be lockable, and capable of
supporting a seek() call.
SMP PLAY <samplenum>,<channels>
(channel is valid between 1 and IS)
This plays a sample (num) on the channels
specified.
SMP CLOSE <samplenum>
(samplenum is valid between 0 and
65,535)
SMP RESET Stops all channels playing,
frees all channels and closes all opened
samples.
Once you have learned these commands, you would be well advised to take advan-
tage of our special manual offer and start learning and using the more powerful com-
mands D-Sam has to otter.
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CAG
Author: Marco AG Pinto
CAC is a utility for making your own
adventure games. This may sound compli-
cated but it's actually quiet easy, assuming
you've sat and planned your adventure
out first - this stops you getting in a mud-
dle later on.
Included in the CAG drawer is full doc-
umentation on how to use CAC. There are
also some demos for you to look at. If you
get stuck just take a peek at the examples,
Note that although there is a menu for
sound, this is not supported as yet.
MidiPlayer
Author: Paul Overaa
MidiPlayer is a CLI command used for
playing standard Midi files out to your
Midi, instruments without the need to load
a Midi sequencer. It can be used in your
startup sequence to play your favourite
compositions every time you reboot your
machine.
To use MidiPlayer just type in:
HfdtFtirtr sitltiongnm
II you use it in your startup sequence then
you must type it in as follows.
run >nll: *ntl: itfltplirir pith:ion}mie
Degrader
Author: Chris Hames
Degrader is a special software utility to
help people with WorkBench2.0 compati-
bility problems. It temporarily degrades a
WorkBench 2.0 machine to a 1.3 to
enable you to use software intended for
use on the 1.3 machines.
When degrader is used it will only
degrade the machine until it is reset more
than once, so once you have reset you
machine more than once it will return to
its original Workbench.?. 0 status.
C*C J Umple to au in. him at work
Please remember that many of the
gram distributed on the Am
Computing CoverDisk are sharew.
releases. This means that the aut'
have kindly allowed you, the reader,
sample the program before paying for
If you decide to keep a program
intend to use it regulady, you sh
register as a shareware user with
author. Full details on how to regi
can be found, where appropriate, in
on-disk documentation.
Shareware authors, if they doflj
receive enough registrations, will e
ally stop releasing programs to the
lie, which would dry up an indispen
supply of superb software. Keep t
faith, and keep sending those fivers!
Tune of the month
Author: Torch
This month's tune, Duelling^banj
can be heard by either double click
on its icon or selecting it from t
short-cut menu. Once started the l-
will run in the background leaving
to do something else, maybe a bit
painting in DPainl...
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CDTV softwar
You can now buy a CD-ROM drive
(or your Amiga and use the grow-
ing range of CDTV software thai
is available. Bui why should you part with
approaching £300 anyway? What can you
do with it? Are the CDs now available
worth handing over your hard earned dosh
for?
To answer to these questions I locked
myself in a room, plugged in my trusty
Amiga with attached A570 and examined
some of the growing range of CDTV titles.
A Bun for Barney • £29.99
BBC Multimedia
This is a great advert for CDTV. In its raw
form - without any interaction - it is a fairly
simple story for children lasting for around
15 minutes.
tven at this level, with its beautifully
Writing
drawn pictures, Tom Baker narration and
sweet story line, A Bun for Barney would
keep many young children happy.
But the best it yet to come. As the
pointer is moved around the screen, which
any inquisitive child is bound to do, and
over certain areas of the pictures, it
changes into a magic wand.
Press the button at this point and the
pictures spring into life with bunnies that
(urnp out and dance, frogs that leap and
trees that sway. A definite trendsetter and
one which all prospective CDTV developers
should lake a look at!
Advanced Military Systems
£29.99* Dominion
Most us, speaking from a masculine point
of view, go through a period of being fasci-
nated with guns, tanks and weapons. For
Katakana
is it an
anyone going through such a
period this one's a must -
masses of information on the
most deadly and exciting (?)
military hardware in the worid.
Combining the world ol
computers and war, two popu-
lar pastimes of a lot of children,
I would guess this is likely to be
a small success!
good
Mrs Johnson bought a Bakeweil
tart in Deitoyshire.
Jiyonson san wa dabTsha de
baikuweoi taruto o kaimashita.
lap™ Wortd h dtdgoed to tcoch /opantie inttrotttody
H«„ Uviinrv 1993
All Dogs go to Heaven • £34.99
Merit Software
A pretty basic painting package which sul^
fers from being to simple lor its own good.
Very simple in concept, you have a series of
drawings which you then add your own
colour to - the '90s version of painting by
numbers?
Select the colour, move over an area
and then pour the colour into that area. For
small children it's probably quite good, but
for everyone else it's just too limiting.
Even for children it has the limitation
that there are only so many variations. If
there'd been additional picture disks it
would have had more potential.
Animals in Motion • £29.99
On-Line
A bit of an odd one this. Why anyone
would want to spend just under £30 to
took at a collection of black and while pic-
Julius Alexander rompj
into the CDTV R0*
revolution to fim
some good, som
bad and som
ud
lures of animals I don't know. Howevel
artist friend of mine has assured me thai
budding animators, illustrators and pa*l
this collection is invaluable so I gue«
£30 it's good value.
Apparently the work of Eadw«
Muybridge, which this CD is all about
trailblazing sluff when originally done
still is lor artists creating movement
animators.
This CD shows his work as stills ani-
mations and l have to admit that even
CDTV
this made me want to try draw-
t've got artistic leanings, take a
Chess* £39.99 •Interplay
0* chess with a difference. Using a
i he board, you watch as your
-'ove around the board - under
< -iructions - and do battle.
*fc<tagh it'i another Amiga conversion
• i great one at that, it still has a lot
alue and plays a reasonable
« cf chess, something lo waste away
evenings with.
**o* if someone would onry do a ver-
«**ere you actually played the game
» piece's-eye view, and charged
(he board, I think they'd have a far
hit on their hands. But tor the time
battle Chess is a good attempt at a
•production (o computer chess.
Mile Storm* £29.99* Titus
;r*«t Amiga game perfectly adapted lo
TV media. Not! It's a basic arcade
with multi-directional scrolling, lots
■9yessive aliens trying to blow you to
to which you must react in a like
Mo advantage of using this on the
5>TV and pretty standard as arcade
m go. Overall boring and
Hing.
Case ot the Cautious Condor
£34.99 • Tiger Media
W of people have raved about this par-
title and admittedly it shows what
be done with masses of storage space,
f » a simple detective story where you
iH solve a murder by wondering
J. listening to other people's conver-
and picking up clues. The graphics
*W there are loads of 'em - are fantas-
•Vnost real cartoon quality and the
h impressive.
Unfortunately I found the depth ol
lay lacking - the only way you are
wed from solving the case in the first
• by a time limit (given enough time
'.oukJ solve it on your first go). Worth
but don't bank on it as a long term
-■entertainment.
/ Let's face it>
• fractals can
look pretty
impressive ^
sometimes... /
CD-Remix v2 • £29.99
Microdeal
The quickest way to describe this title is as
a sequencer for CDs. You specify parts of a
^nusic CD which you can then remix, loop-
ing and repealing them at will.
Tliere an? a couple of niggles but noth-
ing serious, ie changeover* are a little
rough, but these aren't the fault ol the CD
software and without some awfully expen-
sive studio equipment there are no easy
answers.
These gripes aside, it's very simple and
sweet CDTV application th,ii will give own-
ers hours of enjoyable fun
Connoisseur Fine Art Collection
£34.99 • Lascelles
Personally I've always wondered jusf who
buys books with nothing but picture after
picture in them. However someone must,
and given that, this disk is quite reasonable.
It's basically a collection of digitised pho-
tos of paintings across time, with explana-
tory text. If you're into this kind of thing,
open your wallet and take your flexible
friend for a walk, you won't regret it.
DrWellman* £54.99
Digita Multimedia
Where as most of the games reviewed here
started off badly, Or Wellman started well
and kept up appearances. There are several
different ways ot getting to the information
you want, and all well presented.
The software utilises the medium well
with lots of informative text, most of which
is backed up with pictorial support.
To further help and give you confidence
in the product - important given the sub-
ject matter - there is a lot of narration, and
JP DC/ JT? 4-3
I miming i
What motr
tan b* taldT
the voice immediately helps being in a
relaxed but confident manner. It contains a
lot of information covering a many of the
general medical topics you'd expect to
come across in the home.
This is probably one of the few titles I
looked at that I was sad to return - it
almost made me want to cut my finger to
find out how to apply the plaster!
Falcon • £49.99
Spectrum Holobyte
For the armchair pilot who's doesn't have
another computer. Falcon is a pretty good
introduction to combat flight simulators.
For A570-owning Amiga users, however,
there are several better programs available
for the Amiga.
Possibily Falcon's biggest problem is that
given the amount of control you have
through the remote controller, you have
only a small amount ol control over the
plane.
This aside however, it's still a good game
with lots of different missions, nice graph-
ics, reasonable speed and OK graphics.
Fractal Universe • £29.95
Almathera
A lot of people are fascinated by fractals
and if you're one of them then this is the
CD for you! As well as the ability to gener-
ate (radicals (and let's face it, fractals can
look pretty impressive sometimes - see the
screenshot of the Fred Fish Collection)
Fractal Universe also includes full back-
ground information and a lot of text on the
subject of fractal art.
I can't help leeling however that £29 for
this is a little over the top, but if you're into
fractals then you should have iL
Fred Fish Collection • £19.95
Almathera
The Fred Fish Collection 15 a large assort-
ment of programs, utilities and games.
While lor normal Amiga users their colla-
tion on to a single CD is to be welcomed
(you don't want to know how many floppy
disks it takes to store this collection nor-
mally) I'm doubtful of their use to the
CDTV user. ^
This Is because many of the utilities and
programs were designed for use with a key-
board and as such CDTV owners wHI have
to buy a keyboard to get the maximum
benefit from it.
For A500 with an A570 however it's a
great collection and a useful CD.
Fun School • £24.99 • Europress
On the Amiga the Fun School range of
educational software has been well
received by children. It's a fun and easy
educational range that get children learn-
ing while the/re having fun - which must
be a good thing.
There's nothing exceptional in this Fun
School series of several CD-ROMs each
costing £24.99 that provide an educational
age range from under five to over seven.
The Scold 500
The home video titling system
4 typefaces In many different dies
7 disks with all lands of rymbof i
Many useful backdrops
25 transitions on text and symbols
34 transitions on pictures
Professional Credit s/rofllna
S ymbols
and effects
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The only question I have is that given
that CDTV disks are supposed to be
cheaper to produce and the capacity of
one CO disk equals a lot of floppies -
couldn't Europress have put more than one
Fun School title on a CD-ROM and charged
the same?
Still if you've got the money and chil-
dren to educate (surely a contradiction in
terms?) wander down to your dealer and
take a look.
Garden Fax Series • £34.99
Intersearch
The Garden Fax Series are in fact four disks,
each costing £34.99, but because they are
all so similar - the only difference being the
type of plant they cover - I'm looking at
Ihem as a whole.
Initially they are disappointing - gaudy
colours and poor graphics they don't
appear to offer much. But on further exam-
ination they provide an informative,
detailed analysis of plants (along with pho-
nos), all of which is easily accessible,
fusing a simple selection process which
starts you at the top of a list of 200-odd
plants, answering various questions you
work your way through a series of condi-
tions (light, colour, temperature etc) thai
your prospective plants must live in,
The program then presents you with a
small list of plants to chose from, on which
you can call up growing information and so
on. Neat, simple and effective but could do
with a little tidying up around the edges.
Global Chaos
II you're into the rave scene this is a definite
must. Abstract patterns set to some pretty
wild audio tracks and a simple game
thrown in for free.
The result is likely to become a cult
product and will undoutedly further the
Amiga's street credibility, but unlikely to sell
in great quantity.
Guinness CDTV Disk of Records
£34.99 • Guinness
One of many encyclopedia-type CDs. If s of
reasonable quality with digitised photos,
pictures, speech, the odd animation and
film dips. For those interested in records,
this provides what musl be the definitive
reference guide and a really useful, yes
Sherlock Holm.--. Compiling Detector - limp* the belt
really useful, product giving near-instant
access to a vast amount of information.
Hound of the Baskervilles
£29.99 • On-Line
This is the CDTV title of the famous
Sherlock Holmes case and I have no prob-
lem in recommending you stay with the
book version.
I can only describe this CDTV title as,
erm, poor, poor and poor. Very few pic-
tures, no moving images that I saw, very lit-
tle interactivity and generally lacking in
quality.
The only redeeming aspect is the quality
of the vocals - these at least have been
done by someone who knows how to nar-
rate - dear and authoritative.
If you're looking for a detective story or
Sherlock stories, take a look at Sherlock
Holmes Consulting Detective.
Illustrated Holy Bible* £29.99
Animated Pixels
A disappointing CDTV title this one. It's
immediately obvious that little work went
into this. There are blatant mistakes in the
text where it has been mistyped and the
Amiga-drawn pictures of scenes from the
bible are lousy.
Add to this that there's very little true
interaction and it's a disappointing CD all-
round. The only real point of this CD is that
you can search for particular words and
verses, but I'd seen this done about 12
months ago on a PD floppy disk-based ver-
sion. That cost about £8... it's you choice.
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Karaoke -
it had IB
appear on
CDTV
lometlme.
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Sim City - a gad game lor
Japan World • £49.99
Global Learning Systems
Imagine a language tuition course where
you could hear and see the language in
question. You could also call up informa-
tion on just about every aspect of life in the
country of the language. You'd have a
powerful aid.
Japan World is just such a package.
Maybe it's because I've always been fasci-
nated by lapan, or maybe it's because this
is a good disc in its own right, but either
way I was really impressed by (apan World.
If there were other language courses
(say French, German, Spanish) of a similar
quality to this, Commodore would have a
strong advert for CDTV!
Lemmings • £34.99 • Psygnosis
What needs to be said that hasn't already
been said about
Lemmings? This is a pretty
standard implementation
of the classic Psygnosis
game.
It's a little disappoint-
ing that with all the stor-
age space available
thousands of more levels
weren't added and that
the CDTV controller is not
the best way to command
your Lemmings, but it's
still a great game. If CDTV
is you're first computer
you should take a look at
this.
MyPaint* £29.99
SaddleBack
Graphics
This had great potential.
The CDTV as a home
entertainment environ-
ment will obvious have a
large number of young
children using it. Every
child I know loves to painl
and draw and as such a
CDTV painting package is
agreat opportunity.
Sadly, MyPaint suffers
from the CDTV's con-
troller, which just isn't
suitable for painting. Every
fown plan/ten everywhere
time I tried I just ended up with a d
line!
Given a decent controller like a
tablet or light pen this program
great. Philips CD-I system has a
controller that looks like it's out ol a
Price factory and if such a product
available for CDTV I'd be only to H
recommend this.
NASA - The Heroic Age of Spi
£19.99 «Trokia
This title uses Commodore's cUjfl
answer to FMV, CDXL. Unlike FMV ■
can display moving images occuf
complete screen, CDXL can only
quarter of the screen.
The consequence on this particuUrj
is a like watching a scrambled Sky
tM Amiga Computing February 1993
CDTV and CD-ROM
options
In addition to software there 're also a number or penpr-
now starting to appear lor CDTV which add to the enjoy
possible- The more notable ones is:
Trackball Controller • £79.99 • Commodore
Basicallv 3n alternative way of controlling the pointer
screen. A large ball ts mounted m a casing. Rolling the b»
the palm of vour hand moves the pointer onscreen.
Tracker balls have been available for the Amiga lor a w
but neve* really managed to rival the mouse for control
one. although a good tracker ball, f*b because CDTV tt
ware doesn't require the precise placement that tracker t
offer The Trackball Controller also has interfaces ttx r
joysticks.
Video Genlock Card • £149.99 • Commodore
Allow; you to lake moving pictures from video camera, vt>
player and the tike an.) mix them with the display that I
CDTV is producing, and men record the back out to i ••
recorder, ideal for video titlmg-type applications.
Voice Master • £39.99 • Microdeal
Simply this allows you to add vour voice lo CDTV titles
support »t. In language courses for instance you can i
nounce the foreign language yourself to see how youf «*»v
diriers from the correct version. Limited by the ngmb*
CDTV titles that support it. but worth keep«ng an eve on
Actual screen. Not simulated
Actually, you're looking at the new
Digito® Wordworth® version 2.
It's the revolutionary Intellifont®
technology which produces on-screen
fonts at sizes from 3 to 800 points!
Wordworth comes wilh 17 genuine
Agfa® Compugraphic fonts, which are
just about the best quality around.
Best of all, Wordworth prints silky
smooth fonts at the highest possible
resolution of your printer.
Which means, in human terms,
unbeatable print quality. Just click the
icon on the tool bar and in seconds
you'll be printing jagged-free letters and
graphics.
But, there's more to new Digita
Wordworth than just pretty fonts...
New features include • columns •
tool bar • indexing • table of contents •
endnotes • improved mailmerge and
file support • bookmarks • text sorting
• improved search and replace •
hotlinks. In fact, there's over 1 00 new
features and improvements.
So, if you want to print the sharpest
possible letters around, trade up now
from any Amiga word processor for just
£59. But hurry, this is for a limited
period only.
Digita Wordworth, what you see is
what you get— the power to present.
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Louvre, Pans.
Cezanne stressed the form and volume of objects by
simplifying and synthesizing outlines and arranging
vanishing points above or below the horizon.
more...
Exetias ACHILLES AND PENTHESILIA 550 W
Vase Painting, British Museum, London.
Achilles was a famous Greek warrior during the
Battle of Troy. His body was magically protected
except for his heel.
more...
ConiHtlitur tanlalm Mtunnlag artwork tram thr Jntpreufoi'tts...
CDXL pictures so you begin to believe
thai Sherlock and Watson are actually sit-
ting there talking.
There ate no rough edges and lew
unexplainable pauses as the next
images/data is loaded. Best yet, instead ol
just dumping the graphics to the screen,
a slide projector-type screen (complete
with video-style buttons) pops up, in
which the moving images are displayed.
This game will probably sell a lot of
CDTV units in its own nghl and should be
in every CDTV/ A5 70 owner's collection -
it's the best example yet of what CDTV is
capable of. Buy it.
Sim City • £29.99 • Inlogrames
A classic Amiga program adapted lor
CDTV. Unlike many other games con-
verted to work on CDTV, this is far more
than a straight adaption.
The concept of SimCity is to build a
city, attract a population and then keep it
going. Throughout this period various
disasters befall you which you must also
cdler for.
SimCiiy is very absorbing and enjoy-
able and also has senom side to it to - all-
in-all it's a great game. The CDTV
incarnation builds upon the original with
nel. This is a shame because The
Age' has real potential. The infor-
mation b very interesting, the audio
accompaniment is well done (you can for
instance hear Neil Armstrong's immortal
words as he fir^t set fool on ihe moon!)
and as a "multimedia" application its
pretty good.
It's just a pity it's no! FMV! Hopefully
when Commodore sort f MV out, Trokia
will come up with a follow up which will
really show the CDTV off.
Psycho Killer* £29.99 • On- Line
Some has described this as the closest any
CDTV title has yei come lo an interactive
movie. I wouldn't. Il's long series ot digi-
tised photographs (of London) which you
move through screen after screen.
The only action comes on certain
screens where you must quickly move the
pointer to a certain part of the screen and
click the button. Get it wrong and you're
history. Sadly lacking in excitement,
graphics or enjoyment.
Sherlock Holmes Consulting
Detective »TBA
Icon Simulations
There review is of a brand new title from
America, and was responsible for holding
up this article! |ust as I was about to send
the copy off, through the door popped
this title. At first I ignored it, but on closer
inspection it merited holding the whole
review back for.
Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective
is a title which is on most Amencan CD-
ROM owners' "must buy" lists and for a
good reason.
This is no easy way to describe this -
OK, maybe there is, but don't want to
spoil the enjoyment you'll get from this
when you see it, except to say that it fea-
tures professionally recorded sound, nice
atmospheric pictures and masses of qual-
ity CDXL moving pictures.
The narration is perfectly timed to the
...fo ancient Grt*er. °»d all with educational notet
impressive studio recorded sound, more
than 10Mb of graphics and several new
features.
At the ECTS trade show this was the
application that picked up the very first
CD-ROM software award. Highly recom-
mended for any CDTV or Amiga CD user.
The Demo Collection • £19.95
Almathera
Following on from CDPD collection, the
Demo Collection is a must for A570 own-
ers, but not recommended for the CDTV
owner. It contains loads of pictures, ani-
mations, fonts, games and two versions of
the Amiga's operating system (1.3 and
2.04).
If you're a serious or hobbyist Amiga
owner you'll find this a valuable CD-ROM,
although some of the stuff could do with
more documentation.
Wrath of the Demon* £29.99
REAHYSFT
This title didn't even start well. Three
megabytes of daia it boasts, great, but a
CD disks can hold 5S0MW Starting the
game, things get a little better, with a
very nice introduction sequence. Sadly it
goes nowhere from here. The rei
control doesn't work with this tyfjfl
game, the game graphics are avel
pretty poor sound (given what o
have been achieved) and limited gT
play. Nothing really bad, but nod
really good either!
Women in Motion • £29.99
On-Line
Another library of work from f .id
Muybridge, this time a collectio
rather unattractive naked women
peculiar, but once again useful if yfl
Into animation and drawing, or sli
perverted...
Xenon 2 • £29.99* Mirrors
A well known Amiga game, Xenon
must for any CDTV players si
because it's a great game. But for A
users owning an A570 it's now a lilt!
of date compared to recent gl
released on floppy.
As a conversion little has been d
apart from a new soundtrack from 01
the Bass added lo accompany the gfl
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...fun Sfhoal J allow* learning rhrougft gome playing
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Soft ware
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tHl level o* Zool and are conlem-
f*»ing suicide because there are
let! for your trigger finger,
a dark shape stalks the streets,
w closer until it reaches your
wounding crash shakes you back to
Stumbling around in the dark you
thai it's only the postman - and a
creeps across your lace. As you
the package containing that desk-
pubiishing software you ordered it
that things aren't so black after all.
h, I know, this isn't how real life
But if you believe the sales fig-
•t would appear that many Amiga
«n are locked inlo a little world of
own anyway - games, games, games
rarefy a glimpse of even a Workbench
•tteve it or not, there can be more to
ing than zapping baddies or col-
keys. OK, playing games may be a
o* tun, but have you ever considered
ht else you can use your Amiga for?
put that joystick down and pay
while we reveal another side of
favourite computer - productivity.
*Huh? And just why should productiv-
•rterest me?" you are probably asking,
if you're old enough to have friends,
sions, money, hobbies and a desire
communicate with the outside world
might just find that productivity could
your fife, or at least help to make
More manageable.
V you run one of Britain's increasing
■*nber of home-based businesses you'll
to keep accounts, turn out letters
■r»d reports and file inlormation on cus-
tomers and services - productivity can
o^> here too.
However, productivity doesn't have to
br ust for the serious things in life. Maybe
school, youth group, sports club or
pany needs a newsletter and you
•ant to produce it, as well as do some
illustrations for it. Productivity can
here too, since it covers a multitude
ions.
Spreadsheets, databases, desktop pub-
oVtlng, wordprocessing, disk utilities,
•counts and graphics packages are all
^wJucuvity applications, and they can alt
tap you do better things with your Amiga
*an endlessly playing games.
As you've seen, productivity software
be very wide-ranging. So to help you
re out what's what, here are a few
uctions to -the main animals in the
roduct'ivity jungle.
Databases
Every time you make a list of informa-
tion, such as the names, addresses and
telephone numbers of your friends, you
on producing a database.
In many cases this will take the form of
a Sttle notebook, card index, Filofax insert
•je, in more upmarket circumstances, as
<ala stored in an electronic personal
janiser.
A computensed database is also a list of
First steps id
productivity?
You're wasting your machine's potential if all
you're doing is zapping aliens. Gary Whitely
looks at some more productive applications
information, set up and entered according
to the requirements of the user and any-
thing which can be listed can be set up as
a database - library books, video cassettes,
stamp catalogues, recipes - you name it,
you can database it.
By first designing a screen template to
take the data you wish to enter and then
typing the data into a blank form for each
separate record a whole database can be
built up, and updated as necessary.
The data files can be selectively printed
out, or specific data can be lound by
searching lor keywords, such as all occur-
rences ol the surname Jones, or all books
about Amiga computers, for example.
Database design requires both disci-
pline and an awareness of exactly how
you may need to extract the data in the
future, but tike most things a little practice
will go a long way.
Graphics
As well as producing business graphics,
which are often catered for within
spreadsheet software, it's nice to be able
to produce your own illustrations
for newsletters, birthday cards, reports
LIFE AFTERMMtS
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Modify, 4096 colour) graphics, which
probably isn't that important il you plan
on printing in black and white anyway.
Graphics produced with Deluxe Paint
(or any other which can output IFF format
images) can be imported into DTP or word
publishing packages which can utilise
bitmapped pictures, though in some cases
there are restrictions on the number of
colours that the software will use.
Even if you can't draw for toffee there is
always the possibility of scanning in a logo
or picture by using a relatively inexpensive
hand scanner, or even an expensive flatbed
model. By running a hand scanner across
an image it can be turned into a greyscale
(or even colour with newer models) IFF We
which can be used just like any other
image.
Another way of grabbing pictures is to
use a digitiser (such as Rombo's Vidi-Amigt
12) to capture images from a video camera
or video deck with solid freeze Irame.
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One of the new generation of ward publlihen.
final Copy hat many of the feotum aitoctated
with DTPprogr
and so on.
Vou may already have a graphics pro-
gram, but if you don't I would highly rec-
ommend Deluxe Paint III or IV. Although
Deluxe Paint IV is the latest version (4.1
actually), I still preler Daint in many ways
as I find it simpler to work with, though of
course it doesn't handle HAM (Hold and
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wordprocmor
Wordprocessin
9
What's the difference between
wordprocessing and desktop publishing^
(DTP)? No, this isn't a joke, it's something
which can be quite confusing - especially
as some software packages now seem to
be blending features which wete
previously regarded as being exclusively in
the domain of DTP software.
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suicide because ther* are no challenoes lift .A yer. Outside
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your fat*. He haods you l package cont a tr.ing hit miff op puni iininj software
"I Maybe thlnos don't look so bad after all ....1 „
kBN, this isn't how rial life hafptas, Bit tt m believe the
lam nan taiga owners are locked iito a little world of their dm -
uies, »aws, lines and nary a 1 1 inpw sf even a Horlbewh screen 1 !
Ifl'm !t or nfll, therf can be »ore to cnwutine tkia mm baddies or
collectiM keys. It, playing lanes »ay be a lot of ton, but fewe HUt*
ccfHiderei iihat els* you can uw your KlMW? H puf that joystick ««" m
pay atteotion while I reieal inntner side at your tavoonte isnputtr -
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should productiyltv interest tttV, m are probably asking,
. ,f vou're old enoojh to have frteods, possessions, wney, hobbies and a
desire to tawuDiiate Kith the outside world vh night just find that
productivity could improve your life. If rou rva one of Iritna s increasing
M»ber ot hone-tiasid btsiMSses you'll have to keep accounts, produce letters
and reports and keep iofornation on custoners and services - product iw it v can
help hire too. 1 ... „,
However, producti»ity doesn't hau* to be just for the serious things in
life. Maybe yeur school, youth group, sports club or ipwinv needs a
nowileller doing, or you want to do sane nice illustrations for yoor friends.
Amiga Computing February 1993
Softwu^A
< is the processing ot words. In essence this
means typing text into your computer,
-'editing it to your requirements, spell
checking it, doing some basic layout and
then priming out the results.
L The inclusion of good spell checking
"^software with a wordprocessor is very
important, even if you consider yourself to
be literate, as many silly mistakes olten
creep through when working at speed.
yjtos t of these goofs can be filtered out
quite easily with a spell checker, though
you'll still need to proof read to catch
those occasions where a correctly spelled-
word is in the wrong place - eg "the"
instead of "them".
This article was written on a wordpro-
cessor (Cold Disk's Transwrite 2. in fact)
i but instead of being printed out it was
delivered to Amiga Computing as a text file
on a floppy disk.
By importing the text and laying it out
with the pictures in a desktop publishing
program the pages that you are now read-
ing are constructed.
The major difference between DIP and
word processing software is that DTP can
also Incorporate true graphics elements -
pictures, clip art, structured graphics and
specialist typefaces, where word processors
only deal with text.
Inevitably this means that a DTP pack-
age requires much more memory to run
successfully than a word processing pro-
aram, as it has to cope with so much
rfjnore data - particularly when producing
pages which contain large amounts of
graphics.
But the distinctions between wordpro-
cessors and DTP programs have become
Increasingly blurred by "word publishing"
programs such as Pen Pal, Wordworth,
KindWords i and Final Copy, which mix
some of the features of DTP packages
(such as graphic fonts and picture import-
ing) with more traditional wordprocessmg
functions. Ot course, this can only be an
advantage to the user, as such software
inevitably offers more bang lor the buck.
Spreadsheets
Putting it very simply, spreadsheets are
definable grids in which numbers can be
placed and then manipulated
mathematically to provide results.
By adding headings and column infor-
mation and entering numerical data
which relates to these headings it is possi-
ble to build up complex applications, dou-
ble entry book-keeping, financial forecast
sheets and the like.
1 use a spreadsheet to keep track of my
income and expenditure because the
Inland Revenue, in particular, are keen
that I tell them what my earnings for each
financial year are.
On one side of the spreadsheet I enter
my income, along with any necessary
details, and on the other my expenditure
- which I break down into categories such
as travel, bank charges, computer pur-
chases, National Insurance payments and
so on.
{very month 1 input all the relevant
data from my invoices, bank account and
purchase receipts and then total every-
thing up.
This way I can have an instant view of
how the old bank balance stands, and
where the money goes.
In the simple example shown I've taken
a theoretical cafe and looked at some of
their monthly grocery outgoings.
By dividing the year into months it's
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The graph .m peoduttd at an Ifl Hh by the arophlts modulr ol Mini Oltht and then tltantd up.
molauml and lapltancd with Deluxe Paint
easier to see patterns of spending er
and by breaking the purchases down
specific items it's possible to see e»
how much has been spent on each ite^
Each ol the monthly costs is placed
"cell", for example cell D8 holds the
of tea for March. The total yeariy expa
ture on tea can be found by adding al!
monthly spending on tea together
entering the formula SUM|D6:D17] *\'
TOTAL ceil at D19.
When this formula is executed llT
up all the costs in column D from Oil
Dt 7 and shows the result tn Dl 9. If anj
the data is subsequently altered, the H
will adjust automatically, saving a W
recalculation.
By printing out the results you can I
a hard copy of precisely what has
happening in the kitchen during the ;
By designing different spreadshet
possible to keep a check on all kii
things - profit and loss accounts, fc
league tables, slock control and so on.
Printing out endless lists of figures
the only way of seeing what's going i
many of the better spreadsheets and
grated soltware packages allow gr
be produced from selected sets of da
Pie charts, bar charts, line graphs
choice is yours in this voyage into '
realms ol big business.
Accounting
Instead ol using a spreadsheet to lay
financial matters, a program sucl
Dtgita's Home Accounts 2 takes an eni
different approach. By defining a
transaction types such as CASH, Hi
SAL etc (lor cash, hobbies, salary
on) and then setting up as many sej
accounts as you need to reflect your f«
cial affairs it is possible to keep tn
your financial transactions across a
range of accounts and spending cj
Expansion - what is it and why do it?
You might think that once you've bought your Amiga that
that's the end of it, and that you've got all the hardware
you'll ever need. Bui don't be fooled lor one minute,
unless of course you've bought one of Ihe high-end
machines such as the A3000 or 4000 which include extra
memory, hard drive, fast processors and all the rest.
The range ol add-ons which suppliers are keen to sell
Amiga owners seems never-ending, as you wilt no doubt
be aware from reading the adverts in this magarine.
Mice, tracker balls, disk drives, memory, hard drives,
graphics tablets, monitors, printers, scanners, digitisers
and accelerators all crop up with monotonous regularity
because these are items that people not only want to buy,
but quite often actually need to accomplish their desired
tasks.
Probably the most vital addition you can make to your
Amiga is to upgrade the amount of memory (RAM) which
it contains. Extra RAM can make all the difference to suc-
cess or failure, particularly in applications like desktop pub-
lishing, where large amounts of data or graphics can be
involved.
RAM can also help to speed things up, as the computer
has more room to crunch data in and doesn't
have to spend so much of its time rearranging its
storage areas.
An extra 2Mb of RAM can do wonders tor your
machine's versatility, and upgrading to a megabyte of
chip RAM (for those faithful to older Amigas) will help to
ensure that you don't run out of screen display during
those vital last minute document changes. In fact, many
serious software packages require al least 1Mb of chip
RAM just for starters.
The next essential for serious productivity work, and
more relaxed eyes, is a good monitor - preferably one
which connects to the Amiga's RGB output for higher
quality.
Professional users often use multisync monitors and de-
interlacing hardware to reduce the screen flicker, but I
imagine that such equipment will be well beyond your
modest budgets, so enough said.
A second disk drive will prove invaluable to many users,
especially when lots of multiple disk access is required,
though a hard drive will certainly be an option you should
consider it you decide to get seriously involved with
productivity.
Some programs, particulariy DTP software, can require
access to huge amounts of data, lor instance
Compugraphk fonts or clip art, and a hard drive will save
a great amount of access time and disk swapping.
Buy the largest capacity drive that you can afford -
fill up much taster than you might expect - and go lo*|
SCSI one II you can.
Naturally, if you need to get hard copy, you'll needi
printer. Your choice will inevitably be based both
requirement - and cost. While there are truckloads
cheap 9-pin dot matrix printers knocking about they
well not provide the quality you are looking for, especu
for DTP work.
Laser printers currently give some of the highest qua*
but can be pretty expensive to buy and to n
Twenty-four pin dot matrix printers offer good quality
reasonable cost, but are noisy, though they can do re*
able-cost colour work and graphics.
For my money, a good printer buy would be a
inkjet model like the Canon B|10ex or Star SJ48. TN
provide very good pnnt quality with whisper-quiet
ing. With some ingenuity and coloured ink refills they
also provide nice colour output if you are prepared
improvise a little.
A word of warning though - make sure that the pnr
you choose has a proper Amiga printer driver, other
you may well be buying a dead duck.
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another can be tracked easily. Reports
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printed out tor easy reading or inclusion
in documents.
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home accounting or cost tracking, an
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If you have ever tried to use the CLI or
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Oirs : 883/883 Files : 83V835 Bytes
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can be to do some very simple tasks, such
as formatting a disk or moving a few files
around.
Disk utilities are designed to free you
from such drudgery
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a point and click
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Current
favourites such as Directory Opus (which I
find absolutely invaluable) or SID 2 are so
flexible that they can also be used to
launch other programs, display
pictures, play sampled sounds, archive
files and print out documents, in addition
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copying and other tasks that they
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Hard drive owners will find such soft-
ware especially useful,
As you've probably
gathered by now, pro-
ductivity can bum quite
a hole in your pocket.
But if you are in business
you'll appreciate the
time, effort (and cost)
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book-keeping, typing let-
ters, and producing
printed materials, while
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producing a newsletter can be very sal
ing, as well as educational.
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as we all know that all work and
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money out of it.
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productivity software. Where possible
costs are based on advertised, not
recommended, prices.
Mini Office - Europress Software £40
Integrated spreadsheet, wordprocessor,
dalabase.business graphics and disk
utilities package.
The Works Platinum - Micro Systems
Soft wore £40
Integrated spreadsheet, wordprocessor,
database, business graphics and commu-
nications package.
Cold Disk Office 2-HB Marketing £90(7)
Integrated wordprocessor, DTP program,
spreadsheet, database and business
graphics package.
Pagesetter 2 - Cold Disk £40
The same program as bundled in Cold
Disk Office 2. Reasonably featured
budget DTP program.
Wordworth - Digita International £80
Word publisher with many
DTP functions.
Final Copy 2 - Softwood Inc £67
Word publisher with many
DTP functions.
Transwrite 2 - Cold Disk £30
Low priced but fast well-featured
wordprocessor ideal for almost all
word-crunching tasks.
Home Accounts 2 - Digita £38
Directory Opus - INOVAtronlcs £30
Mega disk utility with lots of power.
Deluxe Paint 4. 1 - Electronic Arts £60
Power Scanner v2 - Power
Computing £99
Hand scanner to produce mono IFF files
Plus, of course, the offerings from
many PD libraries.
Directory Opm h a brill tail dlik utility program
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Why nor try Diamond's amazing Part Exchange
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THE NEW AMIGA 3000
25MHz processor.100 Mb hard disk. 2Mb Fast RAM.
2Mb Chip RAM. £1479.95 INC VAT
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68040 Amiga DSOS 3, 6Mb RAM. 120Mb Hard Disk
£2099.95 INC VAT
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NOW K,U MtCKWI II A VI
£209
GVP Impact Vision 24
Bit Card
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£440.00
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489.95
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£124.95
Rendale 8802
6119.95
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£499.00
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£99.00
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£575.00
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£999.00
Video Riot V330
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£1 173
Philips Editing System
£399.00
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knpoct Series II HC8+ 8c 420Mb Hard drive £1 169.99
GVP Impact Vision 24 Brt Card £1499.00
AMIGA 1 500 / 2000 ACCELERATOR CARDS
G-Force 030-25MHZ with 1 Mb 32-Bit RAM £549.99
G-Force 030-40MHZ with 4Mb 32-Bit RAM
G-Force 030-50MHZ with 4Mb 32-Bit RAM
G-Force 040-28MHZ with 2Mb 32-Bit RAM £1699.99
FLOPTICAL DRIVE £549.90 (21Mb (Ml £57.60)
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68882 Coprocessor (or A530 £234 .99
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Cards (A530 ♦ G FORCE) £64.99|
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AMIGA Internal £59.95
CDTV drive £74.95
no click 8c Virus protection
on track 0. £59.95
Diamond Amiga
Drive
£49.95
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20Mb (umitedilock) £149.95
60Mb £175.00
80Mb £229.00
120Mb £359.00
130Mb £379.00
160Mb £479.00
200Mb £549.00
Turn your A600/I200 with a single
(loppy drive inlo the ultimate
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12 months return to base
Onty £24.95 for fitting.
GENERAL ACCESSORIES
833Mkll *Turbo Challenge II £199.95
CBM 1960 Monitor £449.95
CBM Flicker Fixer £299.95
Philips 14'SVGAmonrtor,suitableforusewrth
A3000or 1 500 with flicker fixer £229.95
Please add £1 4.95 for connecting lead
EW PHILIPS MO DEI 220 CDI S449
MEMORY UPGRADES
New Smart Card memory upgrade (A 600)
2Mb only £129 4Mb only £169
New 2.04 Official Upgrade with
manuals 8c ROM only £79.95
A500 Plus 1 Mb Expansion £39.95
New A600 1 Mb Expansion £54.95
ISupra 500RX 2Mb Expan .(500/500+) £1 39.95
51 2K RAM Expansion ♦ Clock (500) £34.95
Above without clock £29.95
5Mb Mb Expansion (Not Plus) £79.95
1 Mb Expansion with Thru-Port (500) £49.95
8Mb RAM Board for A 1 500 or 2000
[Aries Board 0Mb £79.95
For each 2Mb RAM add £69 .00
INTERNAL DRIVE Kit
Replacement A500 Internal 3 .5" drive kit . fully
compatable with 1 Mb unformatted capac-
ity. ComeswitheasytofoHowguide £59.95
GotdenGate3B6-20for 1500/2000 £349.00
Golden Gate486SX25. 1 500 /2/3/4000 £749 .00
GVP 16MHz PC-286 1500/2000 £239.99
Vortex AT Once Plus 16MHz £214.99
Naksna Upgrade Mouse £22.95
New Roboshift . Auto sensing Joystick/ Mouse
switch box £13.95
One hand control unit, after using this you
will never want a mouse again £29.95
Switching between versions of Kickstart on
your A500 b could not be easier than with our
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Kickstart 1 .3 ROM<suppted wpwUbN) £29 .95
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Commodore A500 A600 PSU with the switch
mode(£10OFF withP/X) £49.95
£35.99
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Amiga Sound Enhancer
Stereo Speakers
nun your Amiga into the ultimate hi-tech
lintergrated workstation environment £34.99
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with Workbencch 3.00
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Vista £64.99
Pro Vteta £64.99
VDI Amiga Colour Solution £99.00
Pro Draw 3 £89.95
Music, Midi & Sound
Audio Engineer +2 £189
Audiom aster 4 £44.99
Bars & Pipes Pro £174.99
Dr T Coptest Apprentice £69.99
Dr T KC5 Level II V3.5 £179.95
Music X 1.1 £44.95
Stereo Master £29.95
Pro Midi 2 Interface
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Video Tilling
Amiga Vision £49.99
Big Alternative Scroller £39.95
Broadcast Titier 2 £174.99
Font Pack 1 for above £74.99
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Pro Video Post £174.99
TV Show £49.99
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TV Text Pro £69.95
Video Director £99.00
Can Do VI. 6 £74.99
Show Maker £149.00
Scala 500 £69.99
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Art Dept. £44.99
ArtDeptPro2 £119.95
Imagine 2 £174.99
Map Master for Imagine £44.99
Morph Plus £149.95
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Surface Master for Imagine £24.99
Real 3D Beginners £84.99
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SOFTWARE
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final Copy £99.95
Wordsworth V 1.1
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AMOS Starter Pack
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£480.57
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£680
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£186.83
OKI LASER 810
£939
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£28787
OKI LASER 830
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£326.65
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£939
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£369.00
NEW OKI OL 850. (Feature
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AMIGA BOOKS
Advanced S. Prog. Guide £24.45
30 Graphics Prog. Basic £13.95
Amiga Basic Inside 4 Out 417.45
Amiga C Advanced Prog. £24.45
Amiga C for Beginners
Amiga DOS Inside & Out £13.95
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DosV lop Video Guide
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Amiga For Beginners
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G
etting into sound sampling on
the Amiga nowadays just
couldn't be easier. There's a
good range of hardware and soltware with
prices that start from virtually free - k the
ubk domain software offerings - to units
hich have the price-tags and specifica-
tions which attract professional users,
n short, there is something on the
a for everyone! Despite its popularity
er there are still plenty of users who
i to jump on, and enjoy, the sound
le bandwagon.
hether you are a newcomer or not
't matter this month though, because
ere should be something in this sampling
supertest to help or interest everyone.
Topics first and foremost on the
genda? How about we start with an
xplanation of what "sound sampling"
actually is,
Complex
Musical notes are made up of sound
waves thai have a certain frequency (pitch)
a certain loudness (amplitude). When
en to a piece of music, or any other
come to that, you are listening to a
ex mass of sound waves which
de many different frequencies and
litudes.
f at any point in time you could take a
snapshot of the sound you were hearing
and measure the amplitude of that part of
he soundwave then, using some agreed
□nvention, you could express the loudness
as a number.
If you dkJ the same thing over and over
ain, a whole series of numbers could be
tamed and, at the end of the day, you
would have a list of numbers that repre-
sented the original sound.
these ideas which form the basis of
ampling. By using special hardware
asures that amplitude information
m thousands of times a second it is pos-
to build up a very detailed numerical,
ie digital, copy of the original sound.
For what should now be obvious reasons
the hardware units which provide this
magic conversion are called "digitisers".
Once the digitising process has been car-
ried out the sound will have been turned
into a stream of numbers.
This then allows a computer to be used
to perform sophisticated editing effects - a
user can take a piece of one sound, mix it
with another, speed up or slow down the
rate at which the sample is played, or even
produce phasing and flanging effects by
shifting the time-position of a sample
before adding it back to itself.
These are things which are either diffi-
cult or impossible to do using conventional
analogue recording techniques.
The quality of any digital sound depends
on the accuracy of the original digitisation
process and here there are two different
variables to consider - the sampling rate,
and the resolution of the numbers used to
define the amplitude.
It should be pretty obvious that faster
sampling rales will give better waveform
detail, and equally obvious that increasing
the range of numbers used to represent the
amplitude measurements should also lead
to better waveform detail.
Because on the Amiga the final
will in most cases be played using mr i
nal sound chips, amplitude digitis
most Amiga digitisers is performed 1
accuracy of eight bits (allowing ic
possible "loudness" values).
One term you will hear over and i
again in the world of Amiga samj
"8SVX", which is one of the IFF
ised file formats used for sampled
its claim to fame, as many of
already know, is that allows one <
gram to load
samples created 1
any other Amiga
program.
As far as i
equipment go4
you really need
into the world ot
pling is some
hardware and the i
ware to control
many of the
advic
Top quality %ampllng with Audio Engineer Phu
\
ilga Computing February 1993
Samplers
Some terms explained
Clipping A waveform distortion
caused by a signal being loo strong (or
the input circuitry ol a recording or sam-
pling device.
The circuitry gets overloaded and the
top parts of the incoming waveforms get
distorted or chopped off. The end result
is always the same - a poor quality
sound.
IFF 8SVX This is the IFF (Interchange
File Format) name of a file arrangemenl
used for storing sound samples.
RAM scanning This means ■
exactly what it says programs which I
provide RAM scanning facilities allow SJ
you to scan Ihrough Ihe Amiga s mem
ory and, by "playing" the data, look lor I
sound samples. HQ
Raw Sample Basically a copy of
the byte values of a sound sample jy
waveform fust as they appear in mem w
ory (as opposed to a sample stored in a ^|
specially designed file structure such as I
IFF 8SVX). M
Eight-bit
\miga digitisers
at around
packages include both!
Amiga digitisers start at about
i At top of the range units costing
sm times that amount. Hard disks
I tf RAM obviously help any applica-
*wt they are not absolutely essential
ha 1Mb Amiga user without a hard
car sHII do an awful lot of sound
! honest it is possible to get into the
I «f sound sampling even before gel-
r * 3g>tiser unit. There are literally thou-
of good sound samples readily
available and providing you have the soft-
ware to utilise those sounds you can mix,
alter, and use those samples to your hearts
content.
Most people however, once bitten by
the sampled-sounds bug, do go out and
get the necessary hardware/software so
that they can actually sample their own
sounds.
Although Midi doesn't come into the
picture when you are creating and editing
sound samples, you will find that having
access to a Mtdi keyboard will be a big help
as far as composing music is concerned.
Many tracker programs and sequencers
which allow sampled sounds to be used to
create songs also allow the musical note
data to be entered using a synthesiser key-
board rather than the Amiga keyboard.
This makes life much easier and if you
are going to use sampled sounds in this
way a cheap Midi keyboard will be a good
investment!
Almost all sound sample digitiser units
attach to the Amiga's parallel port. Basically
you plug one end into the sound source -
which might be a tape unit, CD, micro-
phone, or some other audio signal output -
and the other end into the parallel port.
The lower-priced units will probably
have no controls at all. Higher priced units
include qoth line-level and microphone-
level inputs, signal gain controls, swiichabie
parallel-through port connections (so that
the digitiser can be left permanently
plugged in) and perhaps a number ol other
goodies.
Having switched on and booted up the
sampling editing software the rest is com-
paratively easy. Set an appropriate sample
rate, adjust the volume of the input signal
to a suitable level, and then just hit record.
Your sample will be sitting in the editor
waiting to be saved or edited.
OK, so some details do vary from pack-
age to package, but the above scenario
should give you the basic idea ol how easy
the sampling process is. Be warned
initially, your results may not be very
It takes time and practice to learn h<
get the recording parameters to their o)
mum values.
Practice does however make perfect and
alter a few attempts the whole process
becomes second nature.
Tracker
In the early Amiga days, programmers"
needed a last, convenient way of creating
music for games and demos and one of thej
earliest utilities to appear was cailedl
SoundTracker.
Within a couple of years a number ol
these programs had appeared and
became generally known in the tra<
trackers.
Being essentially programmers' tol
these trackers adopted programmer-lil
conventions for specifying musu
sequences. Song descrip-
tions were built around
lists showing the times,
and the pitches at which,
various samples should be'
played, and so on.
While not ideal from a
musician's viewpoint, this)
method of composing
music rapidly became
established, but the
was then on to create
grams that were
user-friendly.
One of the most
cessful trackers was a
gram called MED (shor
for Music EDitor) which
allowed songs to be cre-
ated by linking together
small blocks of music.
These blocks could be
arranged and repealed in
any way so, once thi
blocks had been defined,'
building the song became
very easy indeed.
During the folios
years a number of
MED versions
Audio Mailer i strength
Is Its etiellrnt software
Amiga Computing February 1993
4
The world of sound sampling is available
to you for just a few pounds. Paul Overaa
asks what sampling is, and looks at the
hardware and software available today
released providing new editing facilities, a
standalone song player utility called
EDPlayer, and support lor Midi
instruments.
Up to this point these programs were -
nd the original programs still are - public
omain, but when MED's successor,
OctaMED, arrived a decision was made to
go commercial.
enhanced version, called OctaMED
now been released and, as you'll
m our product/price listings, it is by
ins expensive.
ictaMED Pro is more powerful and
:h easier to use than the original MED
gram and is highly recommended for
those of you who need a tracker.
Samplers
'Lots of magazine and PD disks include
_sound samples that can be extracted and
id for your own purposes.
Finding them is easy enough if you only
have a few directories on the disk - espe-
cially if the samples have been given obvi-
tnes such as crash. iff, bang.snd or
iSVX.
ling them when the samples have
jitive names (eg PDX.80) can be
arder, especially if the disk is packed
iny directories.
u.e to the point - it may take a lot of
time to look at every file in every directory!
ic result of course is that all too often you
in miss potentially useful sound samples
st because they were not easy to identify.
Fortunately there's a nice easy solution -
automate the whole process and let the
tiga do all the hard work...
Search is a small CLI/Shell utility that
does just that. It looks not only for BSVX
id samples but all common IFF files
lictures, SMUS files etc).
even find things like Music X
CanDo DECK, standard Midi files
Files), and the new AIFF (Audio IFF)
(that are going to be used by the new
)it sampling products due to appear!
To use it, just open a CLI/Shell window
and type Search followed by the disk drive
iflfijto be looked at SearchDFO:, for example,
jBkwill search all of the directories ol the disk
Public domain
freebies
Don't lorgel also that there are liter-
ally hundreds of disks containing
sound samples floating around In the
public domain. The only trouble is that
it is usually a hit and miss affair as far
as quality is concerned.
There are some really excellent sam-
ples floating around, but you usually
. have to wade through a lot of rather
more average sounds to find them.
W Having said that, it doesn't take
■ that long to build up a reasonable col
lection of good sounds. Public domain
libraries like PD Direct, who offer a lot
of music disks, will be able to point
you In the right direction.
in drive dfO and give you a list ol the
required files and their directory locations.
This is the sort of output you'll get
111 01 CMputing [FF/III Search BtllltJ (Ph.:
Dvtm 1MZ)...
Iff ILBH: df 0; laglODI
IFF ILBH: dfO:»d_itaM/»'cJ
IF! iSVi: d'Q:iongi/irSita.*nd
IFF ISVI: dtO:*ongi'click
SUF Hit: dfO:iM9i/li»i!J«t' if -" ,l)
If you are searching a hard disk or a floppy
with many files and nested directories then
the program may take a minute or two to
locate the required information, but it will
be a lot quicker than other methods.
You can, incidentally, cancel the search
operation at any time by hitting Ctrl-C or
Ctrl-D. If you need a permanent copy of
the program output, just redirect the out-
put to a disk file, or to the PRT device. For
instance, the command:
will send details of the dfl : analysis to a
RAM disk file called "contents".
Sampling
hardware and
editing software
AMAS 2 •Microdeal •£100
This is an upgraded version of the very
popular AMAS sampling package which
includes stereo digitising hardware that can
sample at rates of up to 90kHz.
This sort of sampling speed can't be
realised with the current Amiga range but
the AMAS 2 software doing the driving can
achieve mono recording sampling rates of
up to 55.9kHz and stereo recording rates of
27.9kHz (replay frequencies are up to
55.9kHz).
Software adjustable input level controls
are provided and as well as the usual
cut/copy/ paste type editing controls there
are a whole range of effects that can be
produced (echo, phasing, chorus, reversal
and so on) and it is possible to overlay sam-
ples, swap and copy channels, fade in
and out, and do things like stereo
bouncing.
Sampled sounds can be saved in IFF and
raw formats, and in a new "executable"
form that allows samples to be played out-
side of AMAS 2 simply by clicking on an
associated icon.
The software also includes things like a
3D FFT (Fast Fourier Transform) display and
a dual reaHime spectrum analyser.
A small, but reasonably useful, sample-
orientated, Midi sequencer is also provided
and you even get a microphone thrown in
as well.
AMAS 2 offers new users a very attrac-
tive total package and it's probably to this,
plus the fact that it is a well supported
product, that the package owes its
popularity.
When you compare raw AMAS 2 results
Audition 4 U a wry capable and well tupporttd patkagr
with those of less expensive packages, such
as TechnoSound Turbo and Beat Studio,
you'll often find surprisingly little difference
(or no difference) in sample quality.
AMAS 2 software however is reasonably
powerful and, as an integrated sampling
and editing package it must be said that
because of this AMAS 2 does, at a price,
win hands down over the cheaper
alternatives.
Audio Engineer Plus
HB Marketing -£204
This Ramscan/GSOFT offering is, quite sim-
ply, the best 8-bit Amiga sampler available
at the current time. Unfortunately it is also
(he most expensive.
The stereo digitising unit is a CSOFT
Audio Imager and this includes two sepa-
rate, and very fast, AID (analogue to digital)
converters. The hardware is in fact raled|
excess of 300k samples per second and i
is capable ol sampling at rates well beyc
that obtainable with Amigas fitted w|
68020/68030 accelerator cards.
Audio Engineer boasts solid construl
lion, switchable microphone and
inputs, signal level adjustment, prinl
switch-through connections (so that
digitiser can be left permanently plu<
in) and above all a quality by which
other Amiga samplers are judged!
Audio Engineer II, the associated sam(
recording/editing software, is «
extremely good - as well as offering all
usual types of edit effects, the software
includes time-stretching and time-compi
sion, frequency cut and boosting via s<
ware filters, very powerful loop creati
Sampled sounds
IFF Sound Sample Library • Walkabout Music
One disk: £2.50. ten disks: £19.95 all disks: £49.95
There are a lot ol sample libraries around but this one is absolutely brilliant and cove^
everything from the usual types ol drums, bass, synlh and piano sounds to obscure ihirjl
like African and Indian instrument collections.
Each disk contains samples from a particular sound category and In fact the full llbrafl
list goes something like this... African, Indian instrument, Indian percussion, Arabic. *m
East, European, Oceania, Amencas, FX percussion. Drum Kit, Analogue Percussran, Um
percussion, guitars, bass guitars, analogue bass, digital bass, brass, synth brass, piarrtfl
strings, synth strings, choirs, organs, bells, and sound FX.
The number of samples on each disk ranges Irom about 20 to over 100 and there'**
doubt at all that Walkabout Music have done an excellent fob (helped no doubt by tfl
(act thai Ihey are all musicians and know the difference between a good sample and a bd
one).
If you want to get an idea of the quality of the library just get hold ol the bass guM
samples disk (it's actually disk 14 in their catalogue) - all too often bass guitar samples m
mediocre but this stuff is so good it'll blow your socks off!
Sample Series • Gajits * £9.95
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but there's no doubt thai this package Is
nevertheless the business. For the serious
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AudioMaster IV
HB Marketing • £70
is is basically the Aegis release of
RamScan's Audio Engineer Plus software
and needless to say it's not only brilliant
V%bul is generally regarded as the best Amiga
flttp-bit sampling software around at the pre-
^^^senl time.
^ Audition 4 • HB Marketing • £50
This piece of stereo/mono sound sample
editing software comes from SunRize, a
ipany that know an awful lot about
sampling,
lough the configuration menu has
.flc options for selecting Perfect Sound
piers (another SunRize product) a
jeric option allows the program to work
[h any other parallel-port based 8-bit
Amiga sampler.
Audition A a an excellent piece of soft-
..jre with a great many useful features,
including being able to preview and adjust
effects in real-time before making perma-
nent edits, and direct recording to disk or
Although it has been overshadowed in a
number of respects by AudioMaster IV it b
Miscellaneous hardware and software
Audio Sculpture •Soltware
Management Group • £49
Thb program by Expose Software is a rela-
tively new tracker utility whkh compares
favourably wilh OctaMED Professional in
all but one respect - it costs over twice as
much!
Music Pack 5 •PO Direct* £12
This pack contains a whole host of public
domain programs, songs and samples
including MED vj.2 and Pro Tracker.
OctaMED Professional
Amiganuts* £22.50
Despite the fact that it has a few rough
edges, this is one of the best tracker pro-
grams around al the present time and is
excellent value for money. OctaMED users
can upgrade for just £12.50! OctaMED
still a very capable, and well supported,
program.
Beat Studio • Pandaal Marketing
£40 approx
This fairly new offering from City Beat
comes complete with all the hardware and
software necessary to get into the world of
Amiga sampling.
The manual is lousy but what has sur-
prised an awful lot of people is the fact
that, with a little care, the hardware can
produce extremely good results.
The editing software is adequate but it
Pro contains a whole range of different
screens but two areas In the display are
always visible. Firstly there is a status bar
which provides current edit modes,
block/instruments numbers or names, and
mute/play track status.
Secondly there is a 15-button menu
panel. Ten of the menu panel buttons
cause other control panels to be displayed
and these control the loading and saving of
songs and instruments, the setting of rela-
tive track volumes, transposition, Midi set-
Ungs and a variety of block/track editing
facilities.
The remaining five menu panel buttons
switch between the five main OctaMED
Pro editors.
There's a Bkxk editor which a used for
entering note data In conventional MED
tracker format, a Graphic note editor which
allows you to enter and display/print music
a bar at a time using conventional nota-
cannot compete with offerings like
AudioMaster IV or Audition 4.
Crystal Sound •BlitSott* £94
This 8-bit sound digitising unit has only just
started to arrive in the UK and there's no
doubt that it is very good indeed. It pro-
vides twin, ultra fast, low noise A/D con-
verters which can sample at up to 70kHz in
stereo.
It has microphone and line level inputs
(with active audio filters on all inputs), sep-
arate left and right gain controls and a
printer pass-through.
Crystal sound is directly compatible with
Audio Engineer Plus and Audition 4 if sam-
pling in Perfect Sound mode.
Datel Stereo Sampler
Date) • £50
This sampling hardware and software pack-
age does its |ob but it is not particularly
impressive considering the competition.
Digital Sound Studio
Silica Systems • £50
This is a good, easy to use, hardware and
software 8-bit sampling system and one
that has earned much praise from existing
users.
Good documentation is provided and
the program includes things like software-
controlled input levels and microphone/line
switches which makes it easy to adjust
input signal strengths.
Another plus for this offering is that a
four-track sample sequencer is included in
the software. The digitiser itself is well
made and, all in all, this package is good
value for money.
MegaMix Master •Rombo
Productions • £40
This is another budget-priced sampling
lion, a Sample editor, a Synthetic
editor and a Sample List editor ,
Compositions can incidentally be
in a variety of different formats: Song
files with song and instruments/samf
and modules containing multiple songi '
a single file.
Arrangements can also be saved
Sound/Noise/ProTracker-compatible h
Another point that is worth mentioning]
that the OctaMED Player program is *
controllable so it is possible to load
play songs under ARexx script control!
Sound Enhancer Plus
Omega Projects • £34.95
This unit sits between the audio outputs
your Amiga and an external amplifier
can improve the audio quality
Amiga's internal sound chio out
considerably.
hardware and software package that \
the ranks of Beat Studio, TechnoSound
etc.
The hardware does what it is sup(
to well enough but that's about all that
be said. On the whole TechnoSound
I much better proposition, and it is
what cheaper!
Micro Sampler •Datel* £25
This is a budget-priced mono sam[
hardware unit which comes with si
software. The hardware seems to do a
sonable job!
Perfect Sound 3 • HB Marketing
£60
This is another combined hardware
software stereo/mono sampling sysl
which is able to produce excellent resul
comes from SunRize and the software
vides most of the common editing fat
including fades, sample mixing, reversal,
tering, resampling etc., required for
work-
Pro Sound Designer Gold
Power Computing • £39
A reasonably priced hardware/soft*
sampling system which, as far as value
money goes, competes well with other
ilarly priced offerings.
Sound Master
HB Marketing • £130
This Aegis offering is one of the
hardware/software stereo/mono sam|
systems available and perhaps most ir
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Audiomaster IV software.
The hardware includes a volume
control, overload Indicator, fine and
phone inputs.
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Sound Trap 3
Omega Projects • £130
This is a popular budget mono digiliser
hose hardware includes a parallel port
ss-throogh connector (so you don't have
to unplug it to use your printer).
Sound Trap comes with its own software
ost serious users prefer to use it with
es like AudioMasler.
ereo Master • Microdeal • £40
s is a budget-priced slereo/mono sam-
ing package which includes both hard-
ware and soltware. Signal input,
incidentally, is via a 3.5mm stereo jack
pocket rather than the separate phono con-
ectors used by most sampling hardware.
Stereo Master otters the same basic
types of facilities, quality, and ease-ot-use as
roducts such as TechnoSound Turbo.
Stereo Sampler 2 • Trilogic • £38
ic digitising hardware but can be sup-
ith a variety ot different sample edit-
*are. With Audition 4 for example
ickage costs £69.99 and this is quite a
;n*ul, and cost-effective, combination.
At the higher
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■fa
r non-professional users. Amiga samplers
ave caught on in a big way, but there is
no doubt that the 8-bit amplitude limita-
tion has severely limited professional and
-professional interest in Amiga
comparison, CD sampling uses a
ng rate of 44.1 kHz and 1 6-bit ampli-
resolution.
is only comparatively recently that
her amplitude resolution digiliser units
have been announced foi the Amiga but
already there are three units to choose
from.
AD1012 SunRize Board
HB Marketing • £470
The AD1012 audio card fits inside the
A200O/A30O0 Amiga series and adds 1 2-bit
digitising and SM PTE facilities to the
system.
II comes complete with SunRue's Studio
1 6 recording and editing software and this
can record and playback direcdy from disk.
You need a hard disk system with a fast
drive to get the best out of this digitiser
and if you are thinking of intensive use with
an A2000 machine you are likely to find
you'll need a 68030 accelerator card as
well!
Clarity 16 •Microdeal *£150
This is the first low-cost hardware and soft-
ware stereo 1 6-bit sampler to be produced
for the Amiga and it's due out any time.
If it lives up to the press releases it is
going to be a winner because not only will
it offer a 1 6-bct system that can sample at
up to CD rates <44.1kHz) but the software
can convert between 8-bit and 1 6-bit for-
mats so you'll still have IFF 8SVX support as
well as 1 6-bit file format support.
Samples will be able to be played both
through the stereo 1 6-bit cartridge output
and through the Amiga's standard output
channels.
The hardware includes an integral Midi
interface and the software will provide a
sample sequencer and opbons for using the
Amiga as a sample-based Midi sound
expander.
AD516 SunRize Board
HB Marketing* Price: TBA
This is a 16-bit hardware sampling board
with software and a specification that is
going to attract professional audio-visual
users. It seems as though it is a rename for
Studio 16 lakn Amiga sampling to tht limltt
a board originally announced - some six
months ago or so - as the SunRize
AD1016. The AD516 hasn't arrived in the
UK yet but there is little doubt that when it
does it is going to have a price tag much
higher than the AD1012 board - prices of
around £800 have been suggested!
Conclusion
All the 8-bit digitisers tested behaved
extremely well when presented with suit-
able signals. With the more expensive
packages you get things like input level
control. Midi connections, printer
through ports and so on, but whether
these things are important, and worth the
extra cost, depends very much on your
particular needs. If for instance you are a
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Sampling tips and tricks
I The key to good sampling Is to get a good input signal to start
with. Where possible this means sampling directly from source
rather than using a microphone.
The ob|ect of the exercise is to avoid clipping but still ensure
that a strong, clear signal Is provided to the digitiser. The
cheaper samplers will not have signal controls on them so It's
necessary to adjust the volume of the «tual source being used.
Some people find that a small hi-fi quality mixer can provide
so much control over signal gain/equalisation that coupled
with good quality leads even the lower-priced samplers pro-
duce results that come near to the top of the range samplers.
Remember also that for song creation It is not always neces-
sary to create single note sound samples. Suppose for instance
that you want to create a drum part consisting of bass drum,
J snare, open and dosed hi-hats - with perhaps a couple of tom-
tom drums thrown in.
JJ One approach is to program a Midi drum machine to play
% the drum part and then sample one bar of It. Nowadays most
% drum machines use high quality sampled drum sounds and
sampling a pattern being played by a drum machine is a good
way to yet a good quality drum track laid down with the mini
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FAST action
I think* it's needless lo say that you are the
best Amiga magazine in the world (need-
tas? Say it all you like! - Ed).
I have written to you once again about
^racy, and this time I'm sending you
»ome names and addresses of pirates all
Europe.
I would like a reward from FAST, and if
•c/d send me what I'm asking I'll send
•vrther 20 addresses o( English pirates for
free
I would like to inform them and lo give
I© them these addresses and details of
rfiat I'm asking for.
Michael Arvanitis, Piraeus, Greece
sealed paper you included with your
ktter has been passed to Bob Hay at FAST,
but don't be surprised If the people named
»ithin it are not arrested at once.
FAST receives a great many phone calls
•Kf letters concerning pirates and alleged
prates, but have resources to follow up
**ty those for which there is evidence or a
tkely chance of successful prosecution If
*>ur letter to FAST contains simply a list of
•omes and addresses, it is unlikely to result
In the prosecution of those you
consider to be pirates.
However, if you supply FAST with
pirated software and proof of its pur-
chase, or some other solid evidence of
piracy connected to an identifiable indi-
vidual, they will act at once.
Your concern and willingness to act is
greatly appreciated, and we urge you to
keep up the good work.
It's a giveaway
As an Amiga owner of a lew years now, I
have collected a wide range of PD soft-
ware, and although I only recently started
leaching myself to program the com-
puter, I have now written a public
domain program. The problem is I now
realise I haven't a clue how to release it.
Please pnnt an answer to my question,
as there is no program of its kind, and I
think it will benefit a number of Amiga
owners.
Chris Dobson, Bingley
Releasing a PD program is as simple as
appending some documents lo it stating
your intention that it be PD, then sending
Calling Croatia
My name is Matija Babic and I live in
Croatia. This year, I finished my classes,
and now I'm going to high school for
computers. One of my English friends
sent me your very best magazine. Anvga
Computing, but I don't have money to
buy it.
Please, if you can, send me some pic-
tures and text from your new issue. I
realty love the Amiga, but I have a C64,
fco 1 hope that if I can't play on an
Amiga, at least I can read about it.
I hope I didn't take much of your
lime. Thanks in advance for help. Sorry
•or my English, but they don't teach it
schools - all I know is from games
and television.
Matija Babk, Zagreb
tour English, If learned from TV and
games, is startlingly
good, and not some-
thing you should apologise for. We are
pleased to help you, and a copy of the
December issue is in the post as I type.
Now it's the turn of our regular read
ersl four full oddress is printed below in
the hope that some of our helpful
Amiga enthusiasts will send back hsues so
that you can read to your heart's
content
If this helps your linguistic progress, so
much the better.
Matija Babic
Aleja Partizanskih Pllota 5
41010 Novi. Zagreb, Croatia
OK, folks, get those seasonal hats on and
send MatJIa some pressles.
Ezra Surf's Postbag
Cot something to say through the pages of AC? Ezra Surf is our
mailman, dedicated to sitting in a corner reading your letters and
selecting the most interesting for publication.
Drop him a line at:
Ezra Surf s Postbag, Amiga Computing,
Europa House. Adlington Park.
i Macclesfield SK10 4NP.
Please don't enclose soes as Ezra just has-
n't got enough paper to reply personally. He might
also have to shorten your letters, so don't be offended if you end up
getting the chop.
the disk to a number of PD libraries or
uploading it to a few bulletin boards.
If you wish to retain copyright of your
program to stop commercial software
authors using the idea to make money,
say so in the documents.
As soon as you write and publish some-
thing, be it a program or a piece of text, it
is your artistic copyright, so don't worry
about the legal aspects.
II you wish the program to be share-
ware, state so in your documents and pro-
vide information on what donation to
make, how to register, and where to send
the registration fee.
A good bet if you're unsure about how
to do this Is to study the documents
attached to many of the programs on the
Amiga Computing CoverDisk, as these
are often written and distributed by expe-
rienced shareware authors.
C Compendium
I am learning the C programming lan-
guage, and find your Almanac program-
ming column very interesting. What
would be even more useful is a compila-
tion of all the programming features ever
published in AC.
I'm sure I'm not the only person stuck
with books that don't even mention
sprites or sound or IFF picture files.
By the way, a note to anyone starting
C - NorthC from Amiganuts United is an
excellent, easy to use compiler, complete
with editor. I highly recommend it.
And finally, has anyone else had trou-
ble with the CLI command Install? The
common "Install Drive DFO:" asks for
Workbench, loads the command, then
tries to install Workbench!
After hours of thinking, I came up with
the solution. Copy the command to RAM
and use it Irom there.
Richord Wilson, Newton-on-Ouse
Thanks for the tip, though if you'd fol-
lowed our beginners' column early in
1992, you wouldn't have had to sit for
hours working it out.
Having said that, the best way to learn
is to figure something out for yourself, so
Not a bum deal
I have just purchased a CDTV after
selling my A500 Plus, so you could
imagine my apprehension and the
niggly doubts about whether I was
doing the right thing. Well, readers,
CDTV is fandabulous.
It is far more compatible with
floppy-based programs than my A500
Plus, and yeah it's a Workbench 1.3
machine, but what programs came
out to utilise the Plus's extra capabili-
ties except a few hacks?
Even if CD programs never take off,
it's not a bum deal. CDTV is a very
high quality audio CD which woul
cost you an arm and a leg. It h<
remote control and plays CD+G.
audio player can say as much?
Also, it's an Amiga in a very tic
box with an internal Ian to keep it
cool. Best ol all, I have the entire Fred
Fish PD library on one CD, and all this
for less than a return to Madrid for
two.
Wail for the day when Monkey
Island 3 or Eye of the Beholder 3
arrives on a single CD rather than a
van load of disks. Think about it.
S Wilkinson, Bedfc
Hmm ... / can't help wondering from
the number of recent CDTV plugs if an
internal Commodore memo might not
have circulated to the effect that all
employees were expected to write
Amiga magazines and extol th
virtues of CDTV.
joking aside, everything you say
about CDTV is true, and doubly so
since the price drop last month. The
only worry I have at the moment is
that at the recent Amiga show in
London, many software houses were
present, but only a few were demon-
strating even demos on the machine,
let alone CDTV-speciflc titles.
Let's hope this situation improves.
Amiga Computing February 1993
well done. I hope you find the Mastering
The Amiga 600* on this month's cover of
help in your future struggles.
As lor compiling the programming fea-
tures in one magazine or booklet, it 's some-
thing we've thought about in the past and
decided against because we felt there was
not enough interest.
However, if enough beginning coders
were to request such a booklet we might be
tempted.
Star search
Each month I purchase a copy of Amiga
Computing tot my daughters, and more
often than not I find myself in the position
of hogging not only the magazine but the
computer for many hours.
I began, after a period of time, to remi-
nisce about my misspent youth sat in a Star
Wars simulator game down at the local
amusement arcade happily playing away
until all my pocket money was spent
Anyway, enough bout my past, as the
wife would say, I need help and plenty of it.
Over the past three months I have tried
to no avail all possible avenues available to
me to find and purchase the Star Wars
Trilogy game, but I have often drawn a
complete blank. Using your many contacts,
could you please help me with my dilemma
and find a copy of this game so that I can
yet again feel complete and remi-
nisce to my heart's content
about my mis-spent youth? I
await some kind of reply with great antici-
pation.
P Mellors, Bournemouth
The Star Wars gomes were produced by
Domark (081-780 22221 then released in
compilation form some years later.
Whether or not they are now de listed I
don't know, though I suspect they are.
Try Domark. and if they can't supply
you with the games, place an ad in our
classifieds section. One of our readers may
be prepared to send you the disks or do a
swap, you never know.
Piracy excuse
How can companies say piracy leads to
higher prices? Just look at the prices for
the uncopyable console games. Imagine
paying £35 for a game which has the
same graphics, sound, and ptayability as
aC64.
If piracy was stopped, it would not
result in more games being sold because
nobody would have more money to buy
the extra games.
You could say someone will not buy
an original product if they have access to
the pirated version, but this would not
hurt the industry as the money saved
would result in the user buying a different
piece of software.
Richard Borrett, Wellingborough
To be lair, the problem of large-scale pro-
fessional piracy is rife in the cartridge
industry, though home copying is of
course impossible without
specialist equipment. This
is not the reason for high cartridge
prices, however.
Console games are often sold at ridicu-
lous prices because many contain, in effect,
up to 6Mb of RAM. In addition, the consoles
themselves ore sold with very small profit
margins, and you will lind that the major
manufacturers make most of their money
from cartridge sales.
What will be 0 more accurate measure of
industry claims about piracy will be the
expected CD-ROM explosion. If CD-based
titles sell for the some price as floppy-based
games once the market begins to expand,
the piracy argument will be scotched and
the industry's cynical profit-making
exposed.
Short and sweet
Value for money is, I suppose, a personal
thing, but after some more than
favourable write-ups I set forth and spent
more than £20 on Lure of the Temptress,
then sat down ready to witness those
comments over weeks of puzzle solving.
After two evenings, I was in a stale of
shock to wander into a location and find
it was the end sequence. Being new to
computing and a novice at adventures, I
couldn't see how hardened gamers,
including yourselves, would find this the
least bit taxing.
Don't get me wrong, I agree with all
that was said about the game, it's just
that there's not enough of it compared to
Bloodwych, an old game that took me
Suffering from archive agony .
Concerning the lew, and I should imagine it's just a few, AC
readers complaining about the archiving process on the last
lew CoverDisks, one letter in ESP complains about PD disks not
being full, yet the AC disks are crammed to the top. I know
which I'd rather have. s
As long as the directions on these disks are clear and work-
able, I think I'd much rather have my AC disks. Put them all in
the melting pot, I say!
I know the Quadrix game didn't de-archive on my WB 1.3
machine, but it's working now, and it's nice to watch what's
happening when one archives a program.
Sorry to have to say this, but your Home Accounts disk had
a little bug in it. The archive calls for Home Accounts2, but the
disk has the name HomeAccounts2. Your customers will have
to rename the disk from Workbench by putting a space
between Home and Accounts.
I have had my Amiga and bought Amiga Computing since June
1 99 1 , and in that time I've had no trouble except for Quadrix.
This includes no problem with viruses, missing disks or dam-
aged disks. I have tried all the other dedicated Amiga mags,
but this is the best. Oh, and keep on your soap box, Ezra old
chap! Keep on telling your customers to get themselves a
proper killer.
Chris Shea. Swansea
Thanks for the testimonial. Chris. Clad you like the magazine,
and hope you continue to do so for a long time.
As for the archiving debate, we kept well clear of the tech
nique tor three years because we thought it might cause prob-
lems, and it turns out we were right.
However, our techie bods are on the case and they assure me
that all future archives will be fine.
One small problem remains in that Klckstart 2.04 has a bug
when formatting a disk in the internal drive. II the disk you
booted from is wrife protected, every disk you try to format
from that disk will appear as If it is write protected, regardless
of the position of the protect tab.
This is Commodore's fault and it is a widely documented bug
recently fixed with Kickstart 2.05. All those AS00 Plus owners
out there who have had problems should simpfy write-enable
the CoverDisk, re boot, and de-archive from there. Problem
solved.
Reply service
I am wnting to convey an idea I haw
on improving your already excellent
magazine. A common feature I find f
most magazines of this genre is the
statement "no SAEs please" on each of I
the letters pages.
To merit a statement in print I sus-
pect this is a regular occurrence. This
suggests, does it not, that if such a ser-
vice was provided it would be popular
with the readership.
I hope that this letter will achieve, at
least, a question on this issue in your
next reader survey or, more optimisU-
cally, a trial period whereby readers
queries and problems can be answered
in return for an SAE.
Philip Bilis. London
Sorry to disappoint you, Phil, but if we
were to offer such a service, we woulc
spend so much time answering letters
that we'd never produce another issue
of the magazine.
There are so many hundreds of let
ters that we'd either have to spend of
our time, as it would be Impossible to
employ people for the job.
Replies in the Ezra column, whether
in person or in print, are statements
direct from the magazine to the read
ers, and as such have to be written by
Ezra (mel). Sorry, but there you have it.
months with no disk swapping at all.
Where is the value for money? F1
me, VFM is a game like Monkey Island
or Bloodwych, or any game that takes 1
lot of time to finish and gets you think- 1
ing.
Graphics, though nice, are nothing I
without gameplay, and I suspect all
Lure's disk space was taken up by graph-
ics and sprites.
All said, I enjoyed what there was, 1
and think this game could have hidden
value in that it could be a good intro- 1
duction to adventures for children. I'd
buy a sequel providing there was mort
to it, but that would require a full no
stones unturned review.
Anthony Blockhurst Hawes I
J
Ah ... urn ... slight problem here.
Gamer guys are a dedicated lot and do
their best to give each and every game e
right good hammering.
However, there are occasions whei* I
perhaps they don't have time to com-
plete a game or - rarely - haven't the
ability to finish it
They usually moke an effort to point
out where a game will have less lasting
appeal than others, but it isn't alway\
possible. Rest assured we'll be looking
long and hard at any new graphic
adventures with value for money i«
mind.
66
Amiga Computing February 1993
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Softwa re
Never has an imminent software
release been quite so imminent
for quite so long. First we had
Montage, then Mirage and now at long
las) CVP have finally thrown copious
amounts caution to the wind and plumbed
for ImageFX.
Regular readers may remember AC'S
exclusive preview of Montage - as was - In
our September image processing special.
Since those bela-testing days. ImageFX
has come a long way. implementing all the
features hinted in the early days while
adding a lew new twists fit to whet even
the most discerning artistic appetite.
The software and attendant donkey-
choking manual come in the now almost
mandatory ring-bound hardback, complete
with an Scala style storage sleeve - Ideal for
easy access and periecl to impress your
friends.
Installation as you'd expect is simple,
however the results are fairly surprising as
not one but four separate programs appear
in the newly created ImageFX drawer.
Alongside the expected ImageFX the addi-
tional contents Include ImageFXJ/VB,
CineMorph and the curiously titled IMP.
As the name suggests, the tmageFX_WB
program in the collection, CineMorph. may
already be familiar thanks to last month's
Morph Mama spectacular. Like ADPro's
MorphPlus, the program can run as either a
standalone or in the case of ImageFX as a
Hook or plug-in module which can be
loaded direcuy from ImageFX on request
Due to last month's feature. I'll concen-
Altered
Irate primarily on ImageFX and IMP, but
lot those who missed the last issue here's a
brief t synopsis of CineMorph and its
assorted morphing and warping skills.
As you can see from the screenshots,
CineMorph employs a dual screen system
for source and target images. Like both
MorphPlus and Image Mr, the package
Paul Austin takes a
long lingering look at
Image FX, CVP's latest
graphics spectacular
program allows you to open the program
on the Workbench window, providing
the power of ImageFX in the style of a
commodity, instantly accessible as and
when required.
This instant access is further enhanced
by a "put to sleep" button which appears
on both versions of ImageFX allowing the
user to temporarily iconify the program
while either retaining or disposing of any
images already present.
The only notable difference between
the custom and Workbench version is the
lack of a Preview option within the latter.
Buffer
However, this doesn't mean you can't
view images, as simply rendering the
selected buffer instantly throws the cur-
rent image to the rendering medium of
your choice, whether that be a standard
Amiga mode or alternatively a dedicated
display device such as the IV24, HAM-E.
DCTV and the like.
Although the difference between pre-
view and render may be rather confus-
ing, all will be explained a little later, but
for now perhaps the simplest analogy is
to describe the Workbench option as an
ADPro-style environment, where you only
see the effects of your actions when the
render option is applied.
Conversely, the custom screen coun-
terpart provides a constantly updated
preview every step of the way. The next
images
A grtyuale prrvlrw urrrn. an eilrrmr*r
mode M you re without a wimble dhplw
supports both static warps and
plus animated morphs - alas thet*^
option for animated warps.
Again as is obvious from the scr
CineMorph uses a mesh to define
ences between the source and d<
images. Although undoubtedly the
morphing package as far as rent
concerned, it must be said that a 01
Now we're reaching the heart of ImageFX. Although fairly bland,
the toolbox is undoubtedly where most time will be spent Like its
predecessors, ImageFX offers an impressive array of processing tools
and special effects including, balancing, composition, sizing, rota-
tion, convolutions, transformations, filtering, Alpha channel sup-
port, special effects, brush handling, ARexx and last but not least
the invaluable Hooks.
The Hooks apply pre-designed ARexx programs to produce addi-
tional SFXs, but perhaps more importantly allow access lo external
programs such as the aforementioned IMP and CineMorph.
Aside from image processing, the Toolbox is also the home of
the program's built-in painting tools. These tools include all the
classics which benefit en mane from the added power of a true
24-bit painting environment thanks to features such as optional
alpha channel, gradients, trace through, rub through, saturation,
colorize (sic), hue and so on.
One of the few faults of the painting environment is the limited
Using the toolbox
number of display formats offered during preview. These are
IV24, Amiga, Firecracker or HAM-E. Obviously if you're «
of the three aforesaid display boards you're stuck with basic
graphics.
Alas in this case basic really means basic with just 16
colours or greyscales plus optional HAM. These
between straightforward colour, dithered colour, the afc
tioned greyscale with HAM remaining strictly old-
4,096 lo-res.
Although bearable when image processing as a rough
the 24-bit buffer such basic Amiga graphics simply aren't
enough for senous applications. No doubf CVP would like us
rush out and buy an IV24. Back in the real world it simply
going to happen.
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Balance | Composite
Color Convolve I Transform
Rotate I
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Palette |
Filter | Effect I Render I
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Buffer Brush | Alpha | Hook I Rrexx | Print I Prefs I Qu
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S of two re
titellent Inlerlme In creation
ml of speed is sacrificed due to the
cumbersome mesh editing system.
The results ol the morphing/warping
can be speclacular, especially on
features such as eyes and mouths
lie on a (airly uniform backdrop,
tunately CineMorph isn't quite as
when dealing with hard edges such
ponies or images with hard distinct out-
lines. When morphed or warped, hard
edges do tend to "ghost* around the
edges rather than transform with the same
degree of accuracy offered by both Image
Mr and to a greater e*tent MorphPlus.
Having made a point of the program's
ghosting problem it's worth stressing that
in effect CineMorph comes as almost a
Ireebie - very appealing considering that
CineMorph in tts stand alone form retails at
a staggering £99.95.
The last software surprise is mysterious
IMP which when sfnpped of its acronym
becomes the ImageFX Multi Processor.
Although you'd never guess from the title
the IMP ts a batch editor
In the style of ADPro's
FRED.
Fortunately for the
novice it's much easier to
use than the aforesaid .
FRED, but in turn does pWCeSSUlg tO
Going colour crazy
Colour organist- ,- rtL . ■» ■ , r vJ -"-f^Mrg- | fliaM ; J P MT T-W*\
lion is an essential r»uE ^^S^-^KmGJF'minfi I
for any self-respect- ^^gSg^gjaiggr |pf!ri )B _ r -J
sor and here again mSK— i^SIEti A i Tar- a li n' li TTl v l i liilii M il Ai h ii i i n ■ i n i l
ImageFX scores well with a whole selection of spreads and swaps, grabs and saves,
pkk options and ranging features.
The available pots for colour placement default to 32 but with the assistance of
the program's add and subtract arrow gadgets the selection can vary from just two
colours up to a maximum of 256.
Building colours from the ground up is equally well catered for with RGB. H5V,
CMY. YIQ and YUV colour space models. If you prefer to pick colours rather than
create them, a toqqle qadqet allows you to select colours either from a default
or allema-
the palette
■ ■■■■■ihi a ■■■■■■ii m ■■■ *n provided by the
■ ■ ■ mmm ■«■■■■■■■■■■ rendering process.
IMP brings
batch
sacrifice a lot of the
sophistication and liexibil- ffj£ ffiaSSeS...
ity available from its
ADPro friendly counter-
part. Like CineMorph, (MP operates as a
hook as well as a pseudo-standalone which
opens the IMP interface alongside the
lmageFX_WB program as a processing tool.
As you can probably see, the interface is
pretty simple with a main and swap field
for source images plus an excellent Alpha
channel option which allows you to use a
predefined series of greyscale masks as a
5
Wlh the program's modular design, the addition of new and
display boards shouldn't be a problem. If CVP do the
mi thing and issue preview modules for, let's say the
juin, Opalvision, Avideo or even DCTV, the success of
FX would be assured - the question is, will they?
f like me you're without either the now defunct HAM-E or an
the only option left is to move to the Render screen and re-
ihe image for an accurate overview.
jh this provides access to a much wider selection of
formats, it invariably means painting is at best hit and
and invariably much more time consuming than a normal
; package.
Tft« next minor gripe is the actual application of the paint
Unfortunately CVP have insisted on sticking with the infa-
'paint and wait" approach pioneered on the IV24.
those unfamiliar with the IV24 and Macro Paint the prob-
K>pears whenever paint Is applied to the canvas as only the
ol the effect is applied in real time,
example, an airbrush first appears as a series of overiap-
orcles which are only replaced by the chosen colour after
iroke is complete.
* wnilar problem affects large brushes as they first appear as
pt pixel lines and onfy expand to their true size and colour
the event.
transparency filter
between the two
source images.
Below the Alpha
lurks the essential
destination field,
which as you'd
expect works as a
definable repository
for your animations,
rendered images or
batch-processed
24 bits.
Next comes the
First/Last file parame-
ters closely lollowed
by the render, anim, or 24-bit output
Other processing essentials include palette
lock which when active applies the palette
of the first frame to all subsequent images.
Delete frames does as suggested, while
"wait for source" simply instructs IMP to
wait for all frames to be created by an
external source prior to executing the
batch. The Prep and Proc options are per-
haps the most impres-
sive of all the available
gadgets.
The Prep option
allows you to specify
either a single or
selection of com-
mands to be applied
prior to processing,
while Proc allows a
separate selection to
be applied after processing.
Fortunately no knowledge ol ARexx is
required as long as you stick to the sup-
plied ImageFX commands. Customising
the commands and the required rendering
format is simply a matter of defining the
required effects within ImageFX before
clicking the begin button.
As a result, once batch processing
begins IMP simply reads the existing set-
tings within ImageFX and acts upon them.
Although fairly unassuming, IMP is in
my opinion one of the strongest selling
points of the ImageFX package, bringing
batch processing to the masses without the
need of any ARexx experience. For the busy
graphic artist with neither the time nor the
inclination to master ARexx. IMP is nothing
short of a dream come true.
ImageFX itself is separated into five dis-
tinct areas, all of which have their own
unique interface occupying a strip on the
lower portion of the screen. The five areas
are Scanner, Palette, Toolbox, Render and
Print Although each panel is unique to its
intended application a few select gadgets
are generic throughout the program. These
include load, save, prels and of course quit.
The load and save options, although self
explanatory, do have a few surprise in store
when applied. For example when loading
images there's no format selection
required, as the software automatically
Rendering
As the name suggests, it's here where you
can see your creauons in all their glory -
providing you have a suitable display
device attached. If however you don't
have either an IV24, HAM-E or DCTV, I'm
afraid you're stuck with standard Amiga
modes.
However, all is not lost, especially if you
own an Al 20074000. as it's here where at
least some of the potential of the ACA has
been applied.
ImageFX is totally at home with a 256-
colour display which with the assistance
of the four available dithering formats,
three dithering styles - either left to right
right to left or zlg zag - and three defin-
able strength settings ensures thai excep-
tional good results await in the resolution
of your choice.
The software automatically senses
which machine is being used and as a
result aulomaticalry tailors the selection of
screen modes and resolutions to suit
Once the display method and dither-
ing options are set simply clicking the ren-
der button instantly sends image to the
device or screen.
As you may have guessed, thanks to
the distinction between display and ren-
der it's impossible to actually edit the ren-
dered image as it's designed purely to
give the best possible representation ol
the 24-bit buffer.
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Amiga Computing February 1993
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oftware
Printing
As b almosl essential within any serious Image processing package, priming is taken »
ouiry- In the case ol ImageFX the present options include 24-bit printing via prefer
and perhaps more importantly Ml PostScript support.
II you select the PostScnpt option you're presented with two choices, either to I
your creation as a lull PostScnpt page or alternatively as an EPS - Encapsulated PostSc- ;
which can then be imported directly mlo any DTP package as either an Asal or tr
PostScript file.
Although PostScript support is fully implemented, il must be said that it s by no nv
as comprehensive as either Image Mr or ADPro
Nevertheless all the basic essentials are there allowing page and image suing, irr
centralisation plus the option 10 ether ignore or retain aspect ratio.
As you'd expect with EPS support, CVP have included the ability to save the Posts,
image direct to disk rather than pnnler-only output In short, a bask but effective syitr-
Quick and timple tompo.Jlfon <ourt«r of the program 24 bit double buttering
loads as long as the particular format is
already supported.
Such files include Alias, Anim, BMP,
DCTV, DPIIE, FLI, GIF. HAM-E, ICO, IFF -
including IFF24, Impulse, info, |peg, PBM,
PCX, QRT, Rendition, Sculpt, Unix's PBM
format, Targa, Tiff and VMEM. An impres-
sive selection and no need to specify a
thing.
Added twist
On the output side, things are equally
impressive with an added twist of a whole
selection of options including the ability to
save the working screen, the rendered
image, the 24-bit buffer itself and finally
the swap buffer -again in its 24-bit form.
For the working, rendered and swap
buffer images the save options include
anim, BMP, Clipboard and ILBM, while tor
the 24 -bit buffer the selection expands to
Alias, BMP, Clipboard, ILBM, PBM, |peg.
Rendition, Sculpt, Targa, Tiff, and VMEM.
Aside from the quit option the final
ubiquitous gadget leads to the excellent
Prefs screen which like IMP is a high point
of the package. Although Prefs screens
don't tend to lead to unbridled excitement
this is a real exception.
On entry you're presented with a huge
range of customising features, the most
notable of which has to be the excellent
virtual memory option which allows you to
assign a drawer on hard disk as a tempo-
rary storage medium which will then mas-
querade as RAM.
This is nothing short of a masterstroke
on the part of CVP. ADPro and to a lesser
extent Image Master are notorious for their
ravenous appetite for RAM which often
means a massive investment in additional
hardware or a major re-think of the project
in hand.
As you might expect. VRam is noUce-
ably slower than the real thing but thanks
to intelligent design you can define when
the option is to be applied
For example, you
can specify that VRam
should be used only
when required, either
with or without a warn-
option is nothing
always be used or per- , f
haps ignored alto- SilOri OJ U
,et cnher prefs high- masterstroke
lights include the
option to define the
Preview and Render options, which in the
case of preview include Amiga, HAM-E,
and IV24 as either greyscale, colour,
4
The virtual
memory
Flexible scanning
Supported scanners and grabbers include the Espon ES300C, the Sharp 1X100, Frame-
grabber and the.tV24's IVfC. Alas there's no option for the latest Epson A4 scanners such
as the ES-600C and ES-800C or the excellent Vlab frame-grabber.
Having said thai, as with the majority of tmageFX functions scanners and grabbers are
simple plug-in modules in the style of ADPro loaders which means in theory new releases
only require a suitable module to join in on the act
As you'd expect, all the necessary scanner setup options await including landscape and
portrait the essential mono preview, image cropping via definable boxes, DPI settings,
separate colour or full RGB scans and of course greyscales - in short, everything that the
scanners own software can provide plus instant access to the image processing power of
the main program.
IMP perhapi the one of the ipilom
Krongrt! telling point i
dithered colour, or HAM - but no HAMB
I'm afraid. Rendering output fares a little
better with Amiga 1.3/2/3, DCTV, EGS,
Sage, IV24 and HAM-E,
but unbelievably enough
there's still no sign ol
HAM8.
GVP are promising a
HAMB update to the
package but as yet it's
still unclear how it is to
be implemented and
even worse whether the
revision will be free or
not.
This particular sin H
compounded by the fact that the program is
more than happy with all other screen
modes available via WB 3.0. As a result, a
super hkes 256-dithered render is a piece of
cake, so why no HAMB? Infuriating.
The remaining options deal primarily with
customisation including a complete selection
of definable paths for every input/output fea-
ture of the package plus the required presets
for any scanners, frame-grabbers or pnnters
attached to your system.
The only remaining generic option is the
zoom controls which consist of three gad-
gets, two of which increase and retard the
levels of zoom while the third allows instant
screen refresh back to the default image size.
A freeble with ImagelX. that
colli C99.95 ai a ttand alone
would argue otherwise, ImageFX ce
doesn't blow either Image Mr or ADPn
of the water when it comes to pure
processing power. However
ImageFX really scores highly is its exo
intuitive design, ease ol use, flexibility
overall value for money.
If you class yourself as a general
user ImageFX is probably the one fo»
With ARexx, free anim generation,
scanning station, special effects, c
udn, morphing and printing, if s pe
close as the Amiga has yet come to an
tic jack of all trades.
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hat a tvmprvhentlre boot block laboratory.-.
Ihe scenario is simple. You have
quite happily swapped disks with
friends, bought and used a selec-
of PD disks or, in some rare cases,
led from a magazine CoverDisk (not
one, I assure you), when calamity
les. The Amiga starts to do strange
)s and your software suddenly stops
ing.
Chances are. me old matey, that you've
infected with a common or garden
iputer virus, and as if this isn't enough,
also more than a little likely that it's
' own silly fault,
Precautions are the name of the game
swapping disks every bit as much as
swapping sexual partners, and (he
who exposes his or her machine to
ravages of Saddam or Lamer is usually
of negligence.
Computer viruses, once the subject of
w myth and superstition, have over
past two years been tamed by the
wity of careful owners due, in no small
to the efforts of a small band ol dedi-
shareware virus killer authors.
However, for those green users still wet
and uter friendly prrlrrvnin option
Digital
As a host of new owners boot
an Amiga for the first time,
Stevie Kennedy takes a look at
what could be their first disaster
behind the ears, the virus remains probably
the most deadly threat to trouble-free
Amiga use, and it is for those new owners
that (his article is repeated every year.
Having said that, treating the threat of
viruses with contempt - usually brought
about by the mistaken belief that today's
virus killer will work tomorrow - is often the
downfall of more experienced users, so we
might all benefit from a refresher course.
There are two stages to virus security -
prevention and cure. The first is immeasur-
ably easier than the second and more effec-
tive, but it is surprising, judging from the
number of readers' letters on the subject,
just how many people either don't know
diseases
the basic rules or never apply them.
Follow the guidelines laid out in this
article and you should never suffer the
agonising and strangely humiliating expe-
rience of viral infection. Fail to stick to a
strict regimen of precautions, and
heartache will - eventually - follow as
surely as day follows night. Let's identify
the enemy. A computer virus is a small
piece ol code whose primary purpose in
life is to copy itself from one disk to
another.
Secondary considerations depend
upon (he virus, but range from simple
repeated duplication, damaging enough
in itself, to deliberate criminal damage of
data and program files.
I say criminal, because it is illegal to
knowingly spread a virus, let alone invent
one of your own, and if any of our readers
can ever prove that someone has carried
out such a sad and pathetic act I would
hope they'd do the decent thing and call
the police immediately.
Boot block viruses
The majority of Amiga viruses are
known as boot block viruses, because they
hide in the tiny amount of space kept to
one side for the boot block on a disk.
Without a boot block, no disk will auto-
boot, and without a special custom boot
block, few protected commercial games
will work, so even the most primitive boot
block viruses, sometimes irresponsibly
described as "harmless", can be fatal.
A second and less numerous type is the
file virus, so called because it exists on a
Amiga Computing February 1993
Some basic safeguards to avoid infection
"o avoid virus infection, the easiest precaution is to keep all
■ ', write-protected unless data Is to be saved to them
Respite scare-mongering reports a couple of years ago, ft is
possible for a wn to-protected disk to become infected.
Step two is to find a good virus checker. Unlike some sup-
.'•jsedly expert advisors, we won't attempt lo list the various
teckers in order of effectiveness, as the only useful checker
i the best checker.
For example, a recent article in another Amiga magazine
tfed VirusX at number rive In a list of ten best checkers.
Though good in its day, VirusX development has lor long
**en abandoned by its author, Steve Tibbet. who made no
sones about the fact that the program's design made updating
' for all new viruses a tiresome and ultimately pointless task.
Since the middle of 1991, VirusX has been obsolete and.
ough still touted by most PD libraries (and the odd foolish
vgftzine). should be avoided at all costs.
Similarly, some supposedly good virus killers have proved,
"er prolonged use, to be either inaccurate or inefficient.
Uaster Virus Killer Is bugged in many of its versions and
refuses to work as a background 24-hour checker, limiting its
otherwise comprehensive virus detecting ability. Nuke, which
many now mistakenly believe to be the best checker, has an
annoying knack of "finding'' Saddam on a clean disk, even
when ihe disk-validalor has been copied from a fresh disk.
Such popularly promoted checkers, though worthy pro-
gramming feats In their own right, should only be purchased
from PD pundits as second-line defences and used in conjunc-
tion with a tried and tested checker until their effectiveness
under fire can be gauged.
Step three is simply to apply the rules we have been urged
to adopt for sexual relations - minimise your partnerships and
always use a condom.
Translated lo computer virus speak, (his means don't swap
and change disks with others whose virus defences may be
nil. and when a new disk is introduced to your system, make
sure that It has been thoroughly virus checked
By applying the three golden rules, no user need fear for his
or her disks Ignore them and it won't be long before uncle
Saddam or cousin Travelling Jack pops by to say hello
The best virus killers
The only virus killer I would recommend without reserva-
tion Is Virus Checker from John Veldthuis. Now in v6.19
(at time ot writing) Virus Checker has been constantly
updated In line with the latest operating system changes
and virus threats.
Saddam, Menem's Revenge and Travelling Jack are all
catered (or. and il any user doubts the program's abilities,
a quick glance at the comprehensive list of viruses In
John's documentation should calm any (ears.
Like all good checkers, Virus Checker can be (ired up
by a disk's startup-sequence and used as a full-time sen-
tinel, or can be kicked in from Workbench for the odd disk
check.
In addition, (he program's file virus check can be insti-
gated at any time, and memory scans are available it the
user suspects something funny is going on in RAM.
The program uses a "bralntile" to keep track of boot
blocks - handy lor those non-virus custom boot blocks
which would otherwise prompt a virus warning, and a very
friendly commodities-style interface is available
Workbench 2/3 users. VirusZ is probably the only oik
checker worth relying on at the moment. Its comprehr
slve library of link viruses (69 are covered by release 5 i
and a host of options including Boot Lab for boot UOP
saves and loads, user preferences, and file/memory sig-
ning abilities, give Georg Horman's program a distinc
edge over most other checkers.
Not as simple in operation as Virus Checker, VirusZ n
superb second-line package for those sticky momer
when doubts begin to creep in. It has also undergone a
of thorough, regular upgrades, and shows no signs c
obsolescence.
Another prime contender. BootX, has gained in popui
Ity over the past year. I can't say how good It is as I •
used it without relying on IL but reports from around r
Amiga world are positive enough to make it is worth Iryir
for a while In conjunction with either Virus Checker c
VirusZ.
disk as a separate file. These are by far the
most dangerous, as they use a variety ol
cunning methods to disguise themselves,
thus fooling your system defences.
Standard link viruses, such as IRQ, will
append themselves to a program file,
often the first command run in the
startup-sequence, then attempt to go
unnoticed.
Unless a virus killer is intelligent enough
to figure out that, say, the Setpatch com-
mand has suddenly grown in size or con-
tains tell-tale code, link viruses will sneak
through and cause their havoc at a later
date.
Saddam
Others, sometimes called Trojan
horses, will entirely replace the infected
file, change their own name to suit, and
sometimes even try to match the size of
the original. A prime example of this virus
type is Saddam, which became notorious
shortly alter the Gulf war, and which shot
to fame when it was inadvertently dis-
tributed on the Amiga User International
CoverDisk in December 1991.
Saddam replaces the disk-validator file,
pads itself out to the same size as its host,
then corrupts the bitmap on the disk's
root block.
As the bitmap is a digital map of the
disk, AmigaDOS sees that it is inaccurate,
assumes the disk is unvalidated, and runs
the disk-validator program in an attempt
to sort out the problem. Hey presto,
Saddam is invoked by the Amiga itself.
In addition, (he infected disk will no
longer work it Saddam is not running,
which makes it a certainty that if a suit-
able virus checker is not used the disk is
doomed.
Unlike some less aggressive strains, the
Saddam virus, like the filthy little parasite
it is, simply wipes out its host disk.
Saddam was just the first of a new
wave of link viruses, varying in their
sophistication, to hit the Amiga last year,
and only a tew virus killers have managed
to keep up.
It is therelore pointless to assume that
your checker is elfective if you have been
using it for more than about a couple of
months.
By far the most elfective method of
4' Saddam, like
the filthy
parasite it is, wipes
out its host disk
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ensuring that your defences are solid is to
get hold of one or more good checkers,
then register with the authors as a share-
ware user.
For a nominal tee you will be sent a
new version of the program as soon
is updated, saving you time and
scouring the PD columns, and a
heart attack when your obsolete d«
defences keel over at the first sight
brand new virus.
Without such people as Steve Til
and John Veldthuis, the Amiga vi
would be a much more dangerous
nent than at present.
Were it not for the efforts ot H
largely unrewarded authors, inforr
concerning viruses would be seal
and effective killers as rare
rocking horse doo-doo. They ■
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In an attempt, to co-ordinate the fly
against viruses, promote informal*
exchange, and publicise the dangr
posed by viruses, a group of a be
250 Amiga users, including a numb-
of virus killer authors, came togeth-
last year to form Safe H<
International.
The group maintains a virus bar
containing all known Amiga virus
(tor killers to be tested on), rota-
virus killers at regular intervals, ar
offers a reward of S1000 for inform
tion leading to the prosecution of an
one found lo have written a virus.
Any reader who is Interested
either joining the fight against virus
or keeping in touch with an organic
tion offering the best and most up i
date information should contact B
Soerensen at:
Snaphanevej 10. DK-4720 Praestoe
Denmark. Phone: (+45) 55 99 25 12
FAX: (.45) 55 99 34 98
Speedy Gonzales, as Erik is otherwis-
known, will be pleased to receive ar
virus information, new viruses, or |us
moral support from Amiga users, t
do us all a favour and get in touch.
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DTV
Until recently S-VHS hardware has
been way out of reach for the
average vldeophile. Fortunately
prices are tumbling and the time could be
right to take the next step up.
We'll start our adventure with C-lock the
very latest offering from CVP. a unit which
leads the field in the battle against inflated
pricing by retailing at literally half that of its
Hama counterpart. The question is, does
the cash saving mean missing features?
The unit itself is a fairly bland black
beastie offering RGB input from the Amiga
via a 23-pin flexi connector plus the gen-
locking essential of an RC8 pass-through
which connects directly to either a monitor
or at worst a modulator.
In addition to the RGB options sits a
rather curious joystick connection which
serves a dual purpose as both a power sup-
ply and means ol input for the unit's sec-
ondary role as a colour splitter - ideal for
both Vidi and Digiview.
Along the side await the essential I/O
connections which for input consist of two
CVBS/RCA phonos and a single S-VHS/Hi-8
mini-DIN. On the other side of the I/O coin
await a single RCA phono out and of course
the essential S-VHS mini DIN.
Pleasant
The final and rather surprising I/O option
concerns sound. Again connected via a
selection of phonos boasting two separate
audio ins and a single/mono audio out.
Although a pleasant addition I must
admit it's not exactly the ultimate
audio/video answer primarily due to its
mono only output.
To accommodate the feature software
sliders allow adjustment of both bass and
treble plus the overall volume. In addition a
selection gadgets allow you to toggle
between input channels or alternatively mix
both signals into a single combined output.
Unfortunately there's no way to adjust
the input gain of the audio signals. As a
result, the relative mix between the two
sources is defined purely by the strength of
the incoming signals.
As a consequence you may still require
an external mixer to achieve the desired
effect, thereby cancelling out the advantage
ol the internal mixing options. Not perhaps
the definitive answer to audio/video but
nevertheless a worthy addition.
Once the software and hardware are
safely installed, it's time to boot-up - a pro-
/
cess which involves first activating the unit
and then reboot to run the attendant
software.
When active you're presented with the
basic video control panel which can be tog-
gled to reveal alternate audio panel. As the
audio options have already been mentioned
we'll sock to video control which consists of
a signal indicator, a selection of sliders con-
trolling colour, contrast, saturation and
brightness - all of which relate to the outgo-
ing video signal.
Following these come the three input
gadgets which toggle between the two
CVBS inputs and of course the single S-
VHS/H18. Switching between them is instan-
taneous and can be achieved either via the
G-Lock and Hama represent the cutting edge
Amiga S-VHS genlocks. Paul Austin brings you
the definitive guide to two true power products]
control panel, a hot key combination or
ARexx.
Alas G-Lock can only process a single
video input at a time so there's no way to
cross-lade between sources. In addition the
connection of both CVBS and S-VHS simul-
taneously - although possible - is not rec-
ommended as signal interference between
the two formats can cause real problems.
Although cross-fading is out of the questi
the unit does offer basic input switching
ARexx, illustrated by an accompan
script which fades one composite source
black, swaps inputs and returns with
second. Due to CVBS/S-VHS incompatib
this can only be achieved between the I
CVBS signals.
Beneath the input selection sit the I
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DTV
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aforem
essentials o( modem Amiga
fenlocking in the lorm of
enlernal option which
ply operates as a pass-
iugh (or the incoming
signal.
This is followed by the
iga option which in
is the reverse of the
e showing only the
Wnga's output completely
Bypassing the incoming
Next comes overlay, the
bread and butter of any
■•-respecting genlock, pro-
i"ring the classic combina-
•on of Amiga graphics
■Bove the incoming video
lastly we arrive at the
**erse option which simply
Pt*trses the effect of the
aforementioned overlay
r«*.ng colour zero opaque
***e transforming all other
Colours of the overlaid
ptphic transparent to the
-•coming signal.
ielow the keying options await the three
•rtnable setup gadgets which allow you to
^etify a complete keying and signal pro-
cessing environment - including audio
■pbons - which can then be saved or tog-
0td as and when required.
* addition to the basic audio and video
controls another lour control panels await -
S ol which an? devoted almost entirely to G-
lacVs primary strength of signal processor.
ected
etting conn
ards the rear of the Hama unit await (he essen
'output opttons including composite and o* course S-V
there's only a single set for each format and Aa\ just
there's no way lo cmwfaoY between ihem.
ng raid that the unit does boast automat* vngic tw*
en either source is detected mtaAnq thjf unlike th<
the Hamo <s perfectly happy wi
n connected wmultanenuily
Alongside Ihe selection of vioVo pom i
nut and a |oystick connection whith v
Dlgi-view Cold and Oe-lu«-vV*«
colour separations which are then sent se>*jenw*y to
entWned hardware.
The only other notaok
ich curiously enough
the unit in conjunct*
opudn has been .1
ary roll as an RGB
for this purpose the
and teouie it a 1
a
e only
the Af
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Locke
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<uutfy DUy al part
H , because of the Har
V /C encode*. When
1 riot be connected to
Tved ot its pnmary pc
is that of the RGB siqr
»e 'ear of the unit and
1 RGB pass-through,
mumioror modulator
Extensive
As you can see from the control panel
■--rem hots, the support for signal process-
■9 a very extensive and reveals G-lock's real
tehe as a professional signal processing tool.
-rom the fourth advanced panel you can
fcie advantage of the chromakey functions
M into Ihe AGA allowing you to specify a
Wection of colours as the keying channel. In
■Mtion you can also select any of the 8-brt
jfcmnels as a keying medium in
style of the ECS.
As the more astute readers may
already spotted there's been
ually no mention of wipes,
or indeed dissolves, and with
reason, as there are virtually
e on offer, with the only
eption being the aforemen-
input switching.
Above all else thisis the hard-
's most damning indictment,
tolrt for the basic keying quality
If a genlock - which admittedly is
Ixeilent - fades and dissolves are
fcriaps the most important feature of any
m*ra\ purpose genlock.
I Without the ability to subtly move
■rTween keying states a genlock becomes
Vh)St useless to the average punter. Not
p* does G-Lock refrain from keying trans-
■wiation either via ARexx. hot keys or hard-
mrt but it also offers no means of adjusting
m amount of static effect applied in any of
■•eying modes.
I The end result of this "all or nothing"
approach means that G-Lock will almost cer-
tainly have a very Dmited appeal to the mass
market. Unless you're the proud owner ol an
AB roll editing system, a separate video
mixer and God knows what else, attempting
to employ G-Lock with any degree of sub-
tlety would be at best a difficult proposition.
For the average user with an Amiga, a
tiller and suitable video hardware it's safe to
say G-Lock isn't the ideal choice, unless of
course your artistic aspirations stretch no fur-
ther than bog standard overiays and inver-
sions with no intros.
Having suffered a severe slap in the face
as far as punter appeal is concerned, it must
be said G-lock will have a degree of appeal
to professionals, primanly thanks to its unri-
valled signal processing and transcoding tal-
ents which leave all other Amiga friendly
S-VHS units for dead.
Used with Scala or other such multimedia
applications as a multimedia tool, C-Lock
could nevertheless be useful for, say, corpo-
rate applications, where some ol its omis-
sions would not be required anyway.
Sull, even with this on its side I can only
envisage a select few who would be willing
to invest such a sizeable sum for a signal pro-
cessor which happens to boast basic gen-
locking as almost an afterthought
It's possible you may have read
rather conflicting review of G-
Lock in another surprisingly pop-
ular Amiga magazine. If that's the
case it only goes to prove the old
adage that you can't always believe
what you read, especially if it
doesn't appear in AC.
Hama
Setup 1 1 1 Setup Z Setup 3
Setup » 1 1 Setup 2 | Setup 3
The batla of
audio Vidro
tontrol alia a
example ol
thr four eilro
porteh waiting
hi the wings
(SwupV | Id jo 1 ,
Although the Hama editorial is dwarted by
the G-Lock section. It's by no means a reflec-
tion on the product. The situation comes
about simply due to the relative simplicity of
what is a straightforward quality product
with all the essentials plus a reasonable spat-
tering of extras.
The most noticeable feature of the Hama
is its overall look which basically screams
quality from the moment it emerges from its
packaging.
The most dominant feature must be the
twin faders on the right of the unit, both of
which are dampened to allow smooth and
accurate transition between the Amiga and
video signals.
To the left of the aforesaid sliders lurk the
six video processing controls, the upper row
of which allow variation of the RGB mix by a
factor of plus or minus 30 percent, resulting
in bizarre colourisation effects beneath the
overlaid or inverted Amiga graphics.
Below the RGB controls await the chroma
- alias colour, contrast and finally luminance,
otherwise known as brightness. As you
might imagine these final three are pnmariry
concerned with getting the very best from
the available source.
Having said that, even here a few tricks
can be applied. For example a simple effect
such as overlaying colour Amiga
graphics on top of an initially
black and white video source
which then gradually transforms
to lull colour. Simple but never-
theless effective.
Beneath the signal controls sit
keying toggled buttons which
like Ihe G-Lock's software alterna-
tives consist of a bypass,
Genlock/Amiga and finally invert
all of which operate in exactly the
same manner as their G-Lock
counterparts.
As you've probably guessed
Ihe Hama is essentially a simply product
which easily wins an award as one of the
simplest plug-in and go products on the
market
The actual keying quality In all states is
nothing short of breathtaking especially
when working with a S-VHS source. As for
ease of use, again the Hama scores high wilh
key mode switching and signal processing
beginning a simple matter of tapping the
odd button and twiddling the occasional
Input i outputs
everywhere, but no
loder lo be found
knob. The only slight
problem concerning changes
on the fly appears when switching
between key modes while the effect is fully
applied, as occasionally screen glitches
necessitate a fade out prior to application.
Although almost all of the above is basi-
cally a glowing testament to Kama's talents
there is one area in which it does suffer. If
you've happened to glance at the product
box there's a chance its already been spot-
ted - the jaw-dropping price of Ihe unit.
Although excellent I must admit I'd like
to see a few more whistles and bells for the
£740 asking price. Such enhancements
could include audio support and crossfades
between an increased number of available
inputs. Still having had my almost inevitable
moan the Hama still remains the ideal
choice for any would-be professional. If you
can afford it, buy it. If youcan't,start
saving...
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Price £749
Supplier Genlock Ltd (Wigan)
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1960
monitor
I am an Amiga user who currently owns
an unexpanded Al 500. 1 wish to expand
my machine, bul want to be able to
upgrade to Commodore's new mid-
range computer when it becomes avail-
able (probably the A2200, or A2400).
If I buy a Commodore 1960 multi-
sync monitor, will I be able to use it
without a flicker fixer? I have heard that
some of these monitors suffer from vari-
ous problems (pin-cushioning etc). Is
there a test that I can make in the shop
to see if the monitor suffers from this
problem before I buy It?
Can you suggest a hard disk drive
(around 52Mb) which is suitable for an
Amiga (ie auto-parking and auto-boot-
ing), is reasonable cheap and would be
most likely to have hardware compatibil-
ity with any new Amigas?
Also, Power Computing are selling a
rewritable optical disk drive. Can this
device be booted from under
Workbench 2 and how reliable are they?
fonathan Dale. Switzerland
Commodore's 1960 monitor Is quiet a
good choice and can be used without
a flicker fixer, but to use it to its full
potential you will need one.
Pin-cushioning is where the edge of
what you are displaying is curved, so
to test a monitor for this the best
thing is to [ust display the standard
Monitor moaning?
Interfaces ill?
We're here to help!
ADVICE SERVIC
Write to ACAS, Amiga Computing, Europa
House, Adlington Park, Macclesfield SK10 4NP
Save your saes - we can't reply personally
Workbench screen and see if 0
and right sides of the screen r
or out.
As for which hard drive to
choice would have to be a 0/.
52Mb with either a CVP or
controller.
Unfortunately Quantums are
controlled and the new
1200/2200/2400 machines all
with IDE controllers on-board
are extremely slow compare*
SCSI controllers.
Some companies are planning
controllers for the new rar
Amigas, though - incli
Commodore themselves.
The optical disk drive you
mentioned Is quiet a good p*
and can be booted from
Workbench 1.3, 2 or J. Whr
tried the Floptical It handled
very well indeed.
PCM card
I hope that you can provide me
definitive answer regarding the m
card slot of my CDTV.
The article in the December e
your magazine regarding the ful
the CDTV proclaimed that the pe
als now becoming available fl
A600 would be compatible wi
CDTV via its standard PCMCIA
card slot.
It was therefore with great
asm that I reached for the
Does the AA chipset outperform a 386?
As the owner of an almost obsolete Amiga Al 500, 1 was
wondenng what would be the next logical upgrade step
now that Commodore have scrapped the promised
A2200 model.
I already have a 1 6MHz 68020 accelerator with 32-bit
fast RAM and 52Mb hard drive. I use my Al 500 for just
about everything fun bul which isn't actually useful -
programming, Midi sequencing, games, writing the
occasional letter, artwork (well I think it's art, anyway)
and ray-tracing.
Can the AA chipset be fitted in the A3000, and do
Commodore have any plans to sell future A3000s with
the AA chipset as standard?
And the 64-lhousand dollar question - what about
the cost? I have thought many limes about smashing
my piggy-bank and getting an SVGAPC/386. Only the
AA chipset would convince me not to. Time is running
out. Commodore)
|ust how fast can that monster processor access chip
memory? A megabyte of fast memory never seems to go
very far these days! By the way, how much does it cost
for lull-speed expansion RAM?
Is it really /ero-wait-stale at 25MHz when you disable
the caches? Is a 68881/68882 an optional extra? I
haven't yet aspired to a maths processor on my current
system, although I enjoy a bit of ray-tracing.
I also want to play games as well as use serious appli-
cations. How compatible are games with the 68030? My
68020 has been very poor in this area. The only games I
have which take advantage of it are Stunt Car Racer and
Formula 1 Grand Prix. Most games don't even load.
I swear that Archer Maclean is trying to play a tune
with the disk drive stepper motor on IK*!. What worries
me is that even fairly recent games such as
limmy White's Whirlwind Snooker don't run on my
68020.
To write in small print on a sticker on the box "not
compatible with the Amiga A3000 and some 68030
chips" is just not on - any PC owner would have a fit if a
game didn't run on his 80386 PC but worked fine on his
friend's 8086 PC.
Now I've got that mini-editorial off my chest, thank
you for taking the time to read this letter. My apologies
for asking so many questions!
S WHUams. Blackpool
Unfortunately it's hard to suggest which machine
you should consider next, mainly because you use
your machine for quite a number of applications.
Face it, is it compatibility you want or a better
machine than your present one? If it's a better
machine you want then go for the A4000.
OK, it costs around £2,000 plus VAT for a 52Mb
hard drive, 2Mb chip memory and 4Mb fast memory
machine, bul it's definitely worth It
Also Commodore have still got plans to produce
the A2200 and possibly the A2400, which will
the new AA chipset and probably a 68020 or
and some internal expansion slots.
It's not clear if they will come with the mathi
processor on board already or if it's a factor upgr
It is unlikely that Commodore will produce an (
with the AA chipset in. as the A3000 used to be
lop of the range Amiga and now the A4000 hat
nitely stolen that position.
As for how much memory costs, its about £5#
Mb. The A4000 uses 72-pln SIMMs and yes. it is ,
wait-stale access.
As I mentioned earlier, it's hard to upgrade
new machine wilh more advanced chips fitted
without running into compatibility problems.
Commodore have gone some way to try to
this problem by including a nifty hard
downgrade option which Is triggered by h
down both mouse buttons while rebooting
machine.
This presents you with a menu asking you
graphics mode you wish to boot up in, and
wish to use CPU cachcing - although it must b*
that it doesn't work with everything.
You're quite right - software houses should
more attention not only to testing there softw
all machines, but also clearly marking their p
lor compatibility.
Amiga Computing February 1993
A
Technical Hei
one of the 4Mb memory cards
tty being advertised for the A600.
my dismay I was informed that the
credit card slot only supports the
and extremely expensive personal
cards.
eterred, I contacted the dealer
whom I had originally purchased
I, who stated that, yes indeed,
CDTV memory card slot is a stan-
PCMCIA but unfortunately they
not supply me with a 4Mb card-
ial other phone calls resulted in a
equal split of affirmative and
responses regarding the nature
CDTV slot,
therefore determined to seek the
of the perpetrator of this confu-
te mighty Commodore itself. After
• anyone should know then they
ortunately I was solidly refused
to any part of the organisation
than the telephone switchboard
apterred back to my dealer.
ffKisl be said that with an attitude
ts this Commodore do not deserve
loyalty which I and many others
shown in the past
gripes aside, please could you
my problem, since £200 is a lot
d on an ill-informed experiment.
D Madeley. Staffordshire
answer to your question is yes.
KM slot is identical on bolh the
and the CDTV, so the memory
'es should work, but some soft-
and hardware options which
advantage of the PCM slot might
Is because the CDTV is running
Workbench 1.3 and the A600 is
rkbench 2.0 machine, so you
have to check software avail-
on PCM cards for compatibility
Workbench 1.3 machines,
of the main problems with CDTV
lack of memory. The CD drive
quite a lot just to operate, and it
may be worthwhile investing in a chip
memory upgrade which will give you
2Mb of chip memory.
There are quiet a few companies
offering this upgrade, called Mega-Chtp
Try Alternative Image on 0533 440041
If you're having trouble getting hold
ol PCM memory cards try getting in
touch with either Silica on 081 -309 llll
or Power Computing on 02 34 B433S8.
Bengali
Fonts
In the November issue ot Amiga
Computing I saw a letter from a reader
looking for Bengali outline fonts I am a
newcomer to Amiga platform and I
own an A 3000
When I was looking lor Hindi outline
fonts, I came 10 know about this com-
pany m Toronto which makes fonts in
just about every Indian language for
Amiga. Macintosh and PC.
They have fonts for Hindi. Bengali,
Tamil, Malayalam. Thai, Sinhalese (a
language of Sn Lanka) and Urdu in a
variety ol styles. The loots are available
in PostScript and Compugraphic for-
mats They can be reached at:
Ethno Multimedia
20SS. Dundas Slreet West
Toronto
Canada
M6R IW8
Phone: 416 588 7193
VBtamendro. Toronto
Odd letters
I have an Amiga 500 Plus expanded to
2Mb, which I purchased last |anuary
from Silica. I have external floppy and I
use a Philips 8833 MKII monitor and a
PC compatibility
Games compatibility
I have an old Amiga 500 with 1Mb of memory which I bought five years ago purely
to piay games on. I now have a massive collection of games - I especially enjoy role-
playing adventures which I have collected quite a lot
My machine is currently being repaired, having a new internal drive fitted, as I am
told the I/O errors and crashing that kept happening when trying to resurrect charac-
ters was due to a faulty drive.
What I would like to know is, when my machine finally conks out. which computer
I should be setting my sights on for games only? It must be compatible with as many
of my existing games as possible.
Carmen Bnjle, Essex
Unfortunately you're in the same boat as a lot of people with existing software
collections who want to upgrade to a belter machine.
It isn't possible to move up lo a new machine like the A600 or A1200 and still
be able to use all of your existing software. In our tests the A600 is definitely
more compatible, with around 90 per cent of existing software working fine.
The A1200. on the other hand, is only about 50 per cent compatible, but once
software houses start writing games specifically for this machine it will be defi-
nitely the best upgrade choice.
Citizen 224 printer. I started to answer
correspondence using KindWords 3
which has up to now been very good.
Recently though, as I type, odd letters
have been appearing in the text - "j" and
"p" were the most common.
I slowed my typing speed down to
ensure that I made no mistakes, but
these odd insertions kept occurring.
Have you any ideas as to what the
problem is? I thought maybe it was
KindWords so I changed to Scribble but
the same thing still happens!
D F Coodyer, Turkey
It sounds as though you have a prob-
lem with your hardware and not your
software. What I would do is open up
a CLI window and then start typing.
If the problem still occurs then
check you keymap is set correctly in
your startup-sequence. If this doesn't
work, get your Amiga checked out by a
reputable dealer.
I own an A500 vl .2, and was on the verge of upgrading to
an A1 500/2000, or whatever might be arriving in the next
or so.
tunately, I have now reached the point where I need to
Ale to take work home and, you guessed it,
DrawPerfect on the PC is the order of the day.
ng a bottomless wallet, the time has come where I am
have to choose between a new Amiga and buying a
latible. I'm afraid thai my computing knowledge is min-
the idea of lighting with a bridgeboard without help is
i that in mind, do you have any reasonable suggeslions
how I can stay with the Amiga, a machine for which I
a great respect having seen the PC in action, and yet be
to actually go home at night?
f 5 McCamey, Shropshire
I can see why you might consider buying a PC but it's not
needed. If you buy say an A1200, which is able to read and
write PC disks directly, then invest in WordWorth 2. you will
be able to bring home documents written on a PC using
WordPerfect, work on them then take them back to work.
The PC at work will be able to read it back in with no prob-
lem at all.
As for importing pictures from the PC. again this is quite
a simple task. Simply save your pictures on the PC In
almost any format and then use a graphics
converter on the Amiga.
You tan get a graphics converter from most good PD
libraries or if you find they don't convert as well as you want,
AdPro 2 definitely will. AdPro 2 will convert virtually all for-
mats of graphics into any graphics format you require.
Make a disk
Is the quality ot your CoverDisks slip-
ping? Or has my A500 started to go
senile? On the November disk, loading
Cybernetix caused the machine lo
crash with a guru message.
This also happened lo a friend with a
1.3 machine. I expected an update to
rectify this in the December issue, but
as there wasn't one. Is it an isolated
fault?
Also, on the December disk loading
Home Accounts to the Make a Disk
icon results in a message "disk is wnte
protected", even when it isn't. Any
helps?
P R Southey, Chichester
Well, first things first. Cybernetix
won't run on a Plus machine unless it
has fast memory as well as chip
memory, but you can use a small pro-
gram called degrader which is on our
CoverDisk this month to rectify the
problem.
As for your second problem with
Home Accounts, I'm afraid your not
atone. The problem lies with
Workbench 2. When you click on the
Make a Disk Icon, your Amiga (hen
copies all the necessary files to RAM,
then instructs you to insert the disk
which is to be initiafised.
This is where the problem begins.
Because you booted up with the
CoverDisk write protected your
Amiga doesn't bother to check the
drive again so it just presumes the
disk is write-protected.
All you have to do is boot up with
Ihe CoverDisk write-enabled and all
your problems should be over. But
remember to make a back up of the
CoverDisk first.
Amiga Computing February 1993
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The new AGA graphics chip set
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Around the beginning ol 1 986 a
group ol Amiga enthusiasts
met at my local computer shop
and crowded around the screen of an
Amiga 1000 displaying one of the first digi-
tised 4096-colour HAM pictures.
"Amazing," one of them said, "it looks
just like a TV picture." I don't know where
that guy is now, but the poor fellow would
have probably fainted dead on the spot rf I
could have shown him an AGA-mode pic-
ture that day.
Commodore's new At 200 and A4000
computers include the first truly enhanced
chip set since the Amiga's introduction. The
original chip set (OCS) was revolutionary for
its time, with 12 and 4096-colour graphics
and what was, at the time, unparalleled
graphics speed.
The Enhanced Chip Set released a couple
of years ago was nowhere near as innova-
tive - it expanded the amount of memory
available lor graphics and let users run both
PAL and NTSC software, but the new reso-
colours
luu'ons it added slowed down the machine
considerably and offered a paltry four
colours from a palette of 64. Amiga users
were disappointed.
I've heard very few complaints about the
newest Amiga chip set, though. With a
range of 16 million colours, 256 or
700,000+ colours available on-screen at
once, and a four-times graphics speedup,
who could gripe?
Oh, sure, you say, but with those
improvements if s got to break most ol my
software, right? Wrongl Perhaps the most
amazing thing about the AGA chip set is
that it's almost completely compatible with
programs written for the earlier OCS and
ECS chips.
The AGA chip set started life m the sum-
mer of 1990 as a protect code-named
Pandora. Commodore's Bob RaiWe was in
charge of the project and designed the Lisa
chip, which replaced Denise; Bill Thomas
was in charge ol Alice, which replaced
Agnus. By the time the chipset reached pro-
totype form it had been renamed AA
Advanced Amiga), and was the heart or I
prototype enhanced Amiga called
A3000+.
Although the AJ0O0+ never made it
the prototype stage (about 50 machi
were built for use for software and he
development), the AA chip set
approved for a new Amiga, original
named the A3400. Designed by Oat
Haynie and Greg Berlin, this system
ally evolved into the Amiga 4000 relea
late last year.
By the time the chip set was released
the A4000, the name was changed ac
tu Advanced Graphics Architecture, or
(there seems to be a sort of unofficial
paign going on amongst Amiga softwai
companies and magazines to keep the Afl
name, but AGA is the official CommodoH|
moniker).
Older Amigas
This chip set is standard in the net
A1200 and A4000. but can't be pluggel
into older Amigas. One of the big a<
lages of AGA is its enhanced speed -
most operations it's four times faster
ECS. Unfortunately, the faster chip arch'
ture requires much faster access to the
puter's chip RAM, and there was no way
get a performance boost with AGA a
remain compatible with older Amigas.
II you've got an older Amiga and
access to the new AGA modes, it's time
buy a new computer. Although it's feas"
to create a replacement motherboard f
the A500 and other classic Amigas with
AGA chips on it, such a board would
It's the free flicker fixer!
AGA Amigas don't have de-interlacing circuitry built In like the
chip In the Amiga 3000. There's no need for one, since non-
interlaced equivalents of all the original resolutions exist now
that colour depths have been increased in the hi res, non-
interlaced modes.
for Instance, instead of opening a 640 x 512 16-colour
interlaced screen, you can have the operating system open a
640 x 512 16-colour non-interlaced screen that doesn't flicker
This wasn't possible on ECS Amigas because the non-inter-
laced resolutions with 256 vertical lines were limited to four
colours.
AGA supports two methods lor opening such screens.
Programs designed with AGA In mind can use the new A5L
screen mode requester to allow you to select which resolution
you want (u run In.
II you have a monitor that will handle VGA scan rates
(more on this soon), you can choose a high-res, non-inter-
laced mode, but if you're using a standard 1084-style monitor
you might choose 640 x 256 to avoid interlace flicker.
But what about those older programs that don't know
about AGA? If they open by default in annoying flickering
modes, how do you tell them about the new AGA equivalents?
In the IControl preferences program there's a button marked
Mode Promotion. If you toggle this gadget on, most older
programs that request an interlaced screen resolution will
Instead open on a non-interlaced screen of equivalent
resolution.
So programs like PageStream, for instance, can now be
opened on a 640 x 512 x 16 non-interlaced screen.
One ol the other advantages of installing a de-intertacer on
classic Amigas was that it got rid of those annoying scan lines
between rows ol pixels. If you have mode-promotion turned
on, even lo-res, non-interlaced 120 x 200 screens will open on
VGA scan-rate screens, free of ugly scan lines.
A lew programs, such as DeluxePalnl IV and Art
Department Professional, explicitly specify interlaced screens
using AmigaDOS 2 calls. Such programs aren't alfected by
mode- promotion and will come up in flickering interlace mode
even with promotion turned on, due to compatibility
considerations.
However, there are a number of hacks available in the pub-
lic domain, such as Steve Tibbett's DoubleX, that will force all
screens to be promoted regardless of how they open their
screens.
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H a rd wa re
AGA screen modes and monitors
cost almost as much as an A 1200 to
*> |ust how big an improvement is AGA?
about as big a jump over the original
ga graphics capabilities as those were
over IBM's four-colour CCA graphics,
he original Amiga chips had a total
itte of 4,096 colours, which translates to
levels of each primary colour. AGA
eases squares the number of colours
liable, offering 256 levels of each pri-
V colour for a grand total of 16 million
xjrs available to choose from.
Ind you can now get more of those
wrs on-screen at once as well. While the
«ial Amiga graphics chips were limited
lisplaying 32 colours (not counting tricks
HalfBrite and HAM) on lo-res screens
16 colours on hi-res screens, the AGA
can display up to 256 colours in all
Itexutions.
Modifying
The real fun comes in HAM mode,
Bough. Now that HAM has eight bitplanes
play with (thus the name HAM8 for the
Pew mode), it can display over 262,000
Hours on-screen at once. The original
mode created new colours by modify-
■9 16 base colours; the new mode has 64
mme colours to choose from.
This not only means you can get more
■•ours on the screen, but it also virtually
•inmates the colour fringing evident on
■ngmal HAM tiles. Although Commodore
■■Vertises HAMB as a 262,000 colour
pode, that's not a real limitation.
With careful picking of the 64 base
, you can actually get up to 700.000
in the highest resolution graphics
The AGA graphics chips don't provide
resolutions than were available with
~, though. In fact, the available resolu-
are exactly the same as on an A600
■ing Workbench 2.1 - 320 x 256, 640 x
; 1,280 x 256, 800 x 300, 640 x 480,
the interlaced versions of those modes,
have double the vertical resolution.
But there's a big difference - while some
those modes were limited to 1 6 or even
colours with ECS, they can all display
colours or even HAM8 with AGA
One thing to keep in mind, and this
to ECS as well as AGA, is that the
rfcrances
/ With hi-res
• sprites you can
now make that blocky
arrow pointer ^
look less clumsy /
Amiga chip sets no longer have fixed built-
in resolutions - they're completely pro-
grammable.
An example benefit of this programma-
bility is the 800 x 300/600 mode added in
Workbench 2.1 - Commodore added a
completely new graphics mode without
requiring any upgraded hardware. This
means that industrious programmers will be
able to create new custom screen modes.
The colour palette isn't the only thing
that was improved in the AGA chip set The
sprite system has also been completely
revamped, Sprites can now be up to 64 pix-
els wide, which means the entire screen can
be covered with sprites.
Blocky
Under OCS and ECS, sprites were aKvays
built from lo-res pixels, which made them a
look rather blocky, especially on a hi-res
screen. With the AGA chips sprites can now
be lo-res, hi-res, or even super hi-res, no
matter what resolution the screen is cur-
rently in. With hi-res sprites you can finally
make that blocky arrow pointer look a lot
less clunky.
Sprites can now be placed with much
more precision. With previous chip sets,
they only moved in to-res pixel increments,
which meant there were only 320 horizon-
tal positions possible for a sprite.
This made precise editing on hi-res paint
program screens a bit challenging some-
times. Under AGA the spnte now moves in
Super hi-res pixel increments, meaning you
can place the pointer with precision in any
screen mode.
As mentioned earlier, the new graphics
chips are much faster than the original
Amiga chips. Previous chip sets talked to
Chip HAM 16 bits at a time - even on the
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Green: 119
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■ Text
□ Important Text
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■ Menu Text
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Note: You can now do any colour depth, including 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128,
2S6, EHB, HAM, and HAM8, in any resolution. Note also that multiscan moni-
tors support both VGA and 1084-style screens.
Mode:
Resolution
Monitor type
DoubleNTSC: hi-res
640x200
VGA
DoubleNTSC: hi-res laced
640x800
VGA
DoubleNTSC: hi-res no flicker
640x400
VGA
DoubleNTSC: lo-res
320x200
VGA
DoubleNTSC: to-res laced
320x800
VGA
DoubleNTSC: lo-res no flicker
320x400
VGA
DoublePAL: hi-res
640x256
VGA
DoublePAL; hi-res laced
640x1024
VGA
DoublePAL hi-res no flicker
640x512
VGA
DoublePAL: lo-res
320x256
VGA
DoublePAL lo-res laced
320x1024
VGA
DoublePAL lo-res no flicker
320x512
VGA
Euro72
640x200
VGA
Euro36: hi-res
640x200
i 084
Euroi6: hi-res laced
640x400
1084
Euro 36: lo-res
320x200
1084
(uroi6 lo-rrs laced
320x400
1084
Euro36: Super hi-res
1280x200
1 084
Euro36: Super hi-res laced
1280x400
1084
Euro72; Productivity
640x400
VGA
Euro72: Productivity laced
640x800
VGA
Multiscan
640x240
VGA
Multiscan: Productivity
640x480
VGA
Multiscan: Productivity laced
640x960
VGA
NTSC: hi-res
640x200
1084
NTSC: hl-res laced
640x400
1084
NTSC: to-res
320x200
1084
NTSC: lo-res laced
320x400
1084
NTSC: Super hi-res
1280x200
1084
NTSC: Super hi-res laced
1280x400
• 1084
PAL hi-res
640x256
1084
PAL: hi-res laced
640x512
1084
PAL lo-res
320x256
1084
PAL lo-res laced
320x512
1084
PAL: Super hi-res
12B0x256
1084
PAL Super hi-res laced
1280x512
1084
Super72
400x150
Multiscan
Super72
800x150
Multiscan
Super 72; hi-res
400x300
Multiscan
Super72: hi-res laced
400x600
Multiscan
Super72: Super hi-res
800x300
Multiscan
Supor/2: Super hi-res laced
800x600
Mult i«, in
A2024: 10Hz
1024x800
A2024
A2024: 15Hz
1024x800
A2024
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otherwise 32-bit Amiga 3000.
The AGA chip set gets a two-times speed
increase automatically because it has a 32-
brt read/write path to chip RAM, allowing it
to move twice as much data every lime it
accesses graphics memory.
However, that's not all! Newer RAM
technology lets the AGA chips do two
fetches trom Chip RAM in a single memory
cycle. This gives you the performance of a
64-bit chip set - four times that of the origi-
nal Amiga chips.
If you've ever tried to run your
Workbench screen in 16-colour mode,
especially with overscan, you've seen a fulfy-
saturated chip set.
Your entire Amiga system slows down
because the custom chips and processor are
fighting for access to your Amiga's RAM.
With AGA's 4x bandwidth the chips work so
much faster that you can run in hi-res, 256-
colour mode without impacting processor
speed at alt.
Bandwidth
Running a hi-res. 16-cotour Workbench
screen on an AGA Amiga actually uses up
the same amount of bandwidth as a lo- res,
two-colour screen does on a classic Amiga.
The new chips are so last that, when you
use the new Intuition double-buffering rou-
tines in your programs, you can actually cre-
ate 60-frames-per-second animations in
even the highest resolution modes, without
taking over the machine!
The blitter in the AGA chips is actually
the same as the ECS bfitte) - if s no faster at
actually performing blils. However. Winer-
intensive graphics can still be much faster
under AGA. Since the blitter has to share
the RAM bus with the CPU and video dis-
play, it operates faster now since the graph-
ics chips take up less of the bus time.
The AGA chips are amazingly compatible
with the original Amiga chips. When run-
ning programs that only support 12-bit
colour values (four bits each of red. green,
and blue), such as early versions of
DeluxePaint, the operating system simply
copies those bits into both the upper and
lower 12 bits of a register, maintaining the
appearance of 1 2-bil colour.
No problems
The vast majority of productivity pro-
grams that I've tried to run on the Amiga
4000 and 1 200 have no problems with the
new AGA chips or with mode promotion.
Games and especially demos are another
matter, though, and many tend to flake out
(non-graphic intensive games such as Sierra
adventures and Maxis' Sim senes work fine,
though, even supporting mode promotion).
There's a solution for those programs
that don't like the AGA chips. The chips can
be told to turn off all the leatures that didn't
exist in earlier versions ol the chip set, thus
increasing compatibility dramatically.
Simply hold down both mouse buttons
when booting the computer to reach the
boot menu. Click the Display Options but-
ton and you'll be given a choice not only ol
NTSC or PAL displays, but also of which
chips you want the system to think it has -
Original, Enhanced, or AGA.
Simply picking Enhanced fixes most pro-
grams (you may also want to click Bool
Options and turn off the processor cache as
well to increase compatibility further).
Booting a game with a custom boot block
automaucally selects ECS mode - you have
to run the 3.0 version of SetPatch in your
Startup-Sequence to activate the new AGA
chip set features.
Most of the programs that require you to
deactivate the AGA features have problems
because they break Commodore's guide-
lines and attack the Amiga's hardware
directly, bypassing the operating system.
If these game and demo programmers
want to start creating stuff that supports
AGA. they're going to have lo break down
and finally read the manuals and learn how
to do things the right way. Commodore
doesn't guarantee that the next generation
of Amiga graphics chips (code-name AAA) is
going to be register- compatible with the
AGA chips.
This means that any hackers who hit
the AGA hardware directly now are going
to find that their programs break on the
next-generation Amigas. To keep this
from happening, Commodore isn't going
to document how to directly program the
video hardware - they want programmers
to go through the operating system.
The speedy AGA chips and the faster
processors found in AGA Amigas. com-
bined with things like Intuition double-
buffered graphics support, should provide
programmers with all the power they
need to create fast-action simulations or
dazzling demos without breaking all the
rules.
Commodore's official word is that any-
one who bangs the AGA hardware is going
to break in the future. This means we
should see a lot more games that run Irom
the Workbench in the future, and that you
should probably not get too attached to
AGA-supporting games that don't
from the Workbench.
AGA is an incredible improvement
the original Amiga chips, and the
colour depth and Super VGA-like resol
support once again puts the Amiga a
of PC clones graphically.
But Commodore's not stopping tf*
They've announced publicly that thej
already working on tuture chip sets that
enhanced sound (one area untouch
the AGA chips), provide true 24-bit
ics, and speed the Amiga's graphics by
another magnitude.
Thinking of something more imp'
than AGA is mind-boggling, though
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Choosing the right monitor
The AGA chip set gains its resolution flexibility because
it has programmable scan rates. However, to take
advantage of the chip set's flexibility, you'll need a flexi-
ble monitor.
Unfortunately, you'll actually need a monitor more
flexible than the vast majority of those on the market.
The original Amiga chip set output at a horizontal scan
rate of 15.75kHz, and this is the rate supported by the
original Amiga monitors such as the 1084.
This scan rate supports resolutions up to 640 x 256
non-interlaced, and 640 x 512 interlaced (more with
overscan). The new hi-res, non-interlaced modes added
with ECS require a monitor that scans at the VGA scan
rate of 31 .5kHz.
The Amiga 3000's deinterlacer circuitry and add-on
flicker fixers also require a 31 ,5kHz monitor.
You have three monitor choices with an AGA Amiga -
a 1084-styte 15.75kHz monitor, a VGA 31.5kHz monitor,
or a multiscan monitor that supports horizontal scan
rates ranging from 15.75kHz to 31.5kHz (A1200 users
can also use a composite monitor or TV set). If you want
to be able to use all the AGA screen modes, you realty
only have one choice - the multiscan.
If you choose to hang on to your old 10B4 when
upgrading to an AGA Amiga, you'll have access to all
the new colour modes including HAM8, but none ol the
new hi-res, non-interlaced resolutions.
You'll still be much better off with AGA, since you'll
get the faster screen updates and the new colour modes
(television sets and composite monitors offer the same
modes as a 1084-style monitor, albeit in a much blurrier
form. Still, the colour PAL composite output is much
sharper than on an A520-equipped A500).
Using a VGA-only monitor is going to cause most
users problems. These monitors don't support the stan-
dard old Amiga resolutions, just the double-scanned
31.5kHz modes. If you run mostly Workbench-launch-
able programs, such as wordprocessors, paint programs,
and desktop publishing software, you'll be OK because
you can turn on mod-promotion and have all those
screens run in 31.5kHz mode. However, any disks
must be booted from, such as games, will come up 1
15.75kHz mode, which will just look like a scramb
mess on a VGA-only monitor.
Also, the Guru and Boot Mode screens come up in
15.75kHz mode, so you won't be able to view these on
a VGA-only monitor. Only consider one of these men-
tors if you never fllay games and if you don't need
access to the Boot Mode screen.
The best choice is a multiscan monitor that support
horizontal scan rates between 15.75kHz and 31.5kHi
Unfortunately, such monitors are somewhat mor
expensive than the other two choices.
Be careful, as many modern multiscan monito
won't sync as low as 1 5.75kHz and will only be as us
as a VGA-onty monitor when used with an AGA Amiga.
One of the best choices is Commodore's l!
which of course supports all the Amiga scan rates,
a wide-range multiscan you can access every mode
AGA Amiga offers.
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Software a
HAM has always been a trouble-
some medium in which to
work. Though capable of
impressive effects and colourful static
graphics, it was always a non-starter for
games purposes, and less than useful even
for most animations.
Graphics produced in Hold And Modify
mode sutlered from much larger Tile sizes
than their 32-colour or Halfbrite (64-
colour) cousins, and in addition there was
the dreaded HAM -fringing".
This effect, which crops up when HAM
pictures are being created by hand or
edited, rather than rendered direct trom a
ray tracing package, is the inevitable result
of the compromise which lies at the heart
of HAM.
Of the 6-bits which make up every HAM
pixel, only four are used for colour data.
The other two are used to calculate screen
colours by modifying
one colour in respect to
the others around it.
In arithmetical terms,
four bits give 16 true
colours, but the extra
two bits lead to this fig-
ure being multiplied by
16 twice (because the
older chips are 16-bit
chips), and 16x16x16
is 4,096.
Subsequent faffing
about on-screen can
often lead to rather inap-
propriate colours being
selected, and when
screen values are dis-
turbed, such as when the
user cuts and pastes a
brush, so much messing
about with colours goes on that the poor
old 6-bit HAM standard can't cope.
Fringing is the result, and a messy result it
is too.
With the new HAM8, or 8-bil HAM.
many users might be bewildered as to how
so many extra colours can come from just
• two extra bits.
The answer is that the colour data is
now made up of six bits with the usual two
added on for screen colour calculations,
and as the graphics chips are now 32-bit,
each of the two modify bits can modify a
pixel 32 times over.
True 6-bit colour leads to 256 colours,
and if you multiply this figure twice by 32,
you get 256 x 32 x 32 - 262,144 colours in
Vim tan now touch up 24 -bit renderrd graphltt on a itandard Amiga
IGA
HAM8. Fringing is still a
problem with HAMS,
but as there are now so
many more colours and
as the mode can be dis-
played in much higher
resolutions, the fringing
which does develop is
much less obvious than
with HAM6.
In addition, the AGA
Lisa and Alice chips (best
thought of as replace-
ments for Denise and
Agnus respectively) do
their best to minimise
the damage. Result?
The first ACA-
capable paint
package is at last
available in the
shape of an
updated DPaint
4.1. Stevie Kennedy
samples its wares
Stunning, near-24-bit
quality static graphics,
ample testament to
which you can find in
the screenshots on
these pages.
Problem? We're still
dealing with HAM,
even if in a much
improved set of
clothes. Early reports
from excited develop-
ers working on the
new machines indi-
cated that HAMH suf-
fered from no fringing
and all sorts of wild
claims were made as to the A4000's
tion capabilities.
Until the release of DPaint 4 AGA.
ever, there was no way to |udge how
rate such claims were, as no paint
or animation creator existed which
use of the new chips. We now have a
world benchmark with which to put
AGA proteges through their paces.
DPaint 4 AGA is new in only a
respects. Virtually nothing has b
changed over v4.1, and more or less
only new features are related to suppoi
Kickstart 3.0 and the AGA chip set, buJ
in itself is enough to warrant a very i
inspection.
When run, the package immedu
shows its Kickstart 3.0 origins by otlt
the user a number o* display modes - j
total - ranging Irom olde woride lo-re
res, and hi-res interlace, to AA HA
Productivity, and Supe
res.
Workbench 3.0's alter
to detail means
advanced information
pixel speeds, scan rates,
so on is available for
mode before the user
his or her choice, enab*
selection of the best mod*
any particular setup.
Those using standi
medium resolution month
will be restricted in th
choices, as will those usi
cheap, single scan rate VI
monitors.
The former will not be ,
to use modes which
frequencies of more tl
15.5KHZ, and the latter
more than likely be stuck with VGA nw
Ideally, good multiscan monitors,
as the better PC models (I've used an
14in with no trouble) or the Commoda*
1950/60 range should be used with AGfl
machines if the best display results *^
required.
Though on the whole silent on this
ler, Commodore will sooner or later
to admit that improved machines reqi
improved and more advanced peript
and the 1 084S/Philips 8833 monitors
prevalent in today's Amiga market are
up to scratch as far as the Al 200/A^
range is concerned.
Once a display mode is chosen,
familiar DPaint 4 interface pops up
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Amiaa Computing February 1993
Mngtlng If a problem with HAMS hnagri.
Software
out
colour gradient, art pauablt. but Uu lhan perfect
ion of the colour capabilities of the
Amigas can begin. Let's start with
graphics.
Apart from AA Halfbrite mode, which
the usual 64 colours, though from a
rtte of 167 million, all modes offer at
256 colours,
Productivity modes (referred to as
in accordance with Workbench
monitor drivers), handles up to 256
jrs, and AA-HAM+ offers 262,144 from
1 of the same size.
mode, the only display mode to
Jy support genlocking, has a similar
;ad of colour and resolution options,
lo-res HAM8 to Super hi-res (1280 *
12) in 256 colours.
Excellent
Static screen images generated in PAL
laced 256 colours are of excellent
lily, and for many purposes far more
than HAM8. They don't suffer from
jing, animate faster, and can be used
try with a genlock.
However, for static computer art, HAM8,
:ially in Productivity mode, is hard to
In this mode, a respectable 640 x 480
:n resolution results in almost square
s, and HAMS makes full screen gradi-
it fills possible without noticeable
)ping. For presentation graphics, art-
work, and IFF export to other packages,
this flicker-free mode will probably be the
AGA user's favourite so long, of course, as
that user also has a VGA monitor capable of
displaying it.
The only blot on HAMS's copy book is
fringing, a problem which becomes acute
once a lol of detail is present on-screen. For
example, it is virtually impossible to type
text across a HAMS screen, never mind a
HAM8 screen which has been treated to a
gradient fill. Fringing in these circum-
stances destroys image quality.
Though a problem associated with the
HAM8 compromise rather than DPaini 4
AGA, the extent of fringing was a disap-
pointment to everyone in the office, a sen-
timent which will surely be echoed by
many future AGA users.
Not all is gloom, as there are ways to
partially avoid fringing, but initial impres-
sions are that HAM8 will remain, as HAM6,
a mode most usefully employed by pack-
ages which render directly to it, such as ray
tracers.
To give fringing a body swerve, I tried a
text logo over a very gradual fading back-
ground from green to blue. The logo, utilis-
ing a red to yellow fill, could not be
stamped down on the background without
slight Iringes developing, but it was at least
a major improvement on direct typing to
Amiga
Super Hires Interlaced HAM8! j
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Kif can be cut down In ivrtaln drcunutanca
Imported rmderrd graphics look Running
screen. With a black background to the
logo itself, the situation improved
dramatically,.
By progressively reducing the logo's
black background until it was no more than
a keyllne, I found it possible to produce per-
fectly good presentation graphics with
fewer HAM8 headaches, but the problem
never quite goes away unless the text is sur-
rounded by a straight-edged solid box.
Rounded outlines, such as are unavoid-
able with most fonts, cause greater fringing
than straight edges.
Laborious
DPaint's spare page comes in very
handy for such work, as it enables the user
to create and cut out text in a clean envi-
ronment before swapping over to the
main graphic for final positioning. The
process is a painfully slow and sometimes
laborious one, but is capable of good
results.
Animated graphics using the new AGA
screen modes have caused probably the
most intense speculation since the A4000
was launched. Initial reports from the
Pasadena show of a full colour Sentinel
animation running at 60 frames per sec-
ond in NTSC interlace caused heightened
expectations of full screen, full motion 24-
bit movie work on a standard machine.
While t wouldn't like to completely
deflate these expectations, I have to at
least put a dent in them, if only as far as
DPaint's animation capabilities are
concerned.
In anything other than lo-res
Productivity mode (320 x 480), large ani-
mations are either too stow or not ol suffi-
cient quality to be used in professional
video productions.
Beautiful
In hi-res PAL interlace using overscan,
which is the standard video mode
(remember that VGA and Productivity do
not support genlocking), DPaint 4 AA can
chum out beautiful images, but can only
animate them in a jerky and lets than use-
ful fashion.
Having seen Scala run DPaint-produced
HAMS animations smoother and quicker,
the suspicion that it is the software which
is at fault rather than the hardware is a
hard one to avoid.
Smaller animations in 256-colour full
video spec (hi-res overscan) are possible,
and animate smoothly on the A4000, but
try to use half screen or larger animations
and smoothness quickly falls off.
Against a black background, larger text
logo animations, scrolls, and so on are
excellent, so DPaint 4 AGA should suffice
lor high quality video titling, but video
quality computer movies are, as many cyn-
ics suspected, out of the question without
the use ol single frame video recorders.
What can be achieved with this package
far outdoes any previously available
paint/animate program, though to be fair
to manufacturers currently developing
competition lor DPaint 4 AGA. the new
chips and video modes are a major factor
in this.
Full screen 256 animations, superb
HAMS titling complete with colour gradi-
ated text, and static images only the better
24-bit boards can better make painting and
animating in AGA supremely pleasurable.
However, given an A1200 rather than
an A4000, less than about 4Mb RAM, and
a hard drive of less than 40Mb in capacity,
much of this potential will never be
realised. t
A1200 owners who have read the
inflated claims made by some companies
and the odd press report should be pre-
pared lor disappointment if they are not
ready, or cannot afford, to purchase the
power penpherals to go with
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I've always liked the Idea of digitisers. li
is so rewarding when you eventually
grab a brilliant image and spend hours
iddling with it, and it's always nice when
you have the equipment that will do the job
**th the least hassle.
VIDI Amiga is one such piece of equip-
ment. It's relatively simple to use and it
•on't cost you an arm and a leg.
To look at, ifs a bit of an uninteresting
ptce ol kit In the box you get the disks, a
#hono-to-phono cable and an anonymous
The Mo, like
Ira turn but
they it
rather tlow
minor hassle, but I was surprised not to find
one in the box. though Rombo will supply
the cables on request and they are a doddle
to conslruct at home.
The next task was the software. Usually I
would recommend that large commercial
packages like this be installed onto (he hard
drive if you have one, but in this case it
doesn't seem to matter.
There is only the one disk supplied in the
package so you don't have to do any disk
swapping, thus it's not essential to install it to
hard disk. On booting up the program you
are faced with a main screen where you can
set the preferences of the grabbing and the
viewing of the image and another menu
which lets you enter the edibng carousel and
grab options.
The grabbing screen is a relatively fnendty
environment The top half of the screen is
taken up by the image window. In the win-
dow you see the image which the video
source is producing Colour grabs are taken
m about a second, and mono grabs «n real
time. Along the bottom of the screen are the
grab options.
These range from HAM and HAM-E to
mono images. It also supports the 256-
colour format which will please the prospec-
tive Al 200 buyers out there.
ff you grab an image the machine will tell
you what you have grabbed by ticking the
RGB and MONO boxes and the respective
separabons.
Viewing
Digital
To view the images you just click on view
but the machine must first mix the RGB
together. How fast it will do this depends on
the processor in your machine - in the 4000
it took only a couple of seconds because of
the 040 processor but even when I tried it
on the AS00 it still wasn't that slow - 30 sec-
onds at most for a complicated image.
So you have your image saved and you're
pleased with It - now what can you do? Flip
back to the main screen along with the pref-
erences and you'll find an editing opudn.
When selected this screen opens out into
a full editing screen which lets you run the
*tle box that plugs into your parallel port.
The first thing to do was to set the thing
ro. I'm not an expert with complicated
iWiring jobs. The machine I used was an
A4000 so 1 could get the most out of the
loftware to begin with.
The box plugged straight into the paral-
IS port and the lead that comes out of the
box goes into the floppy disk port
It's a bit ungainly, the box, so your
rould make sure you have a lot of room at
back of your machine before you start
•doling.
I then took the phono-to-phono lead
and plugged it into the Video Out slot on
video. When using digitisers I always
•nd it helpful to have another monitor set
to see what the image will look like on-
'■ en before you actual take a grab.
Hjwever, unlike most other digiusers, VIDI
Amiga 12 doesn't require a second moni-
tor, and displays all its images on one
screen.
for maximum flexibility, though, I
•"jgged another monitor into the back of
t*e video as you would for usual domestic
pe - this way I had the Amiga Workbench
•owing and the direct signal from the
•ceo going into the TV. If you're a bit corv
■*ed, refer to Ihe diagram.
I must stress now that the VIDI's physical
•wipe makes using it with A1 500/2000
machines impossible unless a ribbon cable
t used to connect the digitiser casing to
t»e parallel port This is little more than a
doodles
Ben Styles looks at the VIDI Amiga 12 digitiser
image through filters. There are various
options, some of which let you really ring the
changes, such as the psychedelic fillers.
To be fair, the filters are very well done
and don't detract from the Image's original
clarity unless you are selecting a soft filter to
put over your image.
Improvements
I was impressed most by the negative filler
which gives a really clean negative image.
The editing booth also has image improve-
ment options like find edges, image blur and
image sharpen. On lop of the usual filters
you can flip ihe image on its X and V axes
and cut and paste sections of the image.
If you have plenty of memory you can use
the Carousel oplion which allows you to
show all of the pictures that you have stored
up during you grabbing session.
It's also possible to grab several frames
from the video image, store them into mem-
ory, mess about with them by pulling them
oft the carousel then playing them back as an
animation.
You would need a pretty awesome
amount of memory to do this with full size
colour or mono images, but the end result
would be well worthwhile.
I liked VIDI Amiga 1 2 because of its sim-
plicity. Setting the equipment up in the first
place is always a bit of a struggle but once it's
there you can forget about it. I found that it
didn't interfere with any other programs I
was using, and was overall a very well
behaved piece of equipment
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Totally wired
This diagram is designed to make
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Remember - the seperate TV Is
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will make Hie easier when grabbing
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T
he PowerScan mono scanner,
reviewed in AC several months
ago, sel a new standard in afford-
Itte mono hand scanning that most other
Manufacturers have been chasing ever
pee.
I With PowerScan Professional v3, the ante
mi. as they say, been upped, and upped
■ght into the colour spectrum to the tune ol
IL096 wonderful hues.
Consisting of a standard scanning head,
ponecting cable, and interface with the
pual disk-based software, ColourScan looks
me nothing other than a straightforward
p*-greyscale mono scanner of the type so
fcany budget DTP enthusiasts have grown
p know and love.
I Give ColourScan one run over a colour
rwge, however, and the user's old faithful
Pono matey will find itself permanently re-
used on the dustiest and least accessible
PrH. The image quality one can wrest from
over's latest release is stunning.
Unshaking
ColourScan work in the same way as all
■nd scanners in that the user must employ
» unshaking hand to drag the scanning
■ad over the target picture at a steady rate.
The image is imported using a fairly nor-
Ml-looking 105mm scanning head, but
Head of being stored as a 64-colour image
I b internally buffered by the ColourScan
tftware as 12-bit data in 4,096 true
Hours.
As opposed to HAM (hold and modify),
2-fcit true colour does not suffer from fring-
»g. nor does it do strange things when
med or ported to another screen resolu-
This enables ColourScan's software to
•"vert and save an image as a 24-bit IFF,
If. or 256-colour GIF.
•efore saving, however, the by now stan-
ftrd array of editing options can be
killed. PowerScan Professional has a wide
High quality and original tatour print! urn In beoutHully
...and even murky damalk maps con look OK
range of polygon and freehand drawing
tools with which users can touch up or
enhance the scanned image, and though
these are tricky to use on a rough HAM
representation such as displayed after a
scan, they add to the package's flexibility.
Much more useful are the image pro-
cessing tools, including flip, rotate, scale,
and crop, the latter two of which will be
essential for floppy drive systems. Images
scanned in colour can result in IFF file sizes
of over 1Mb, especially if saved as 24-bit
files.
Again, cropping is a vital tool for
scanned images, most of which w>ll con-
tain data which is not required. Most users
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is scanned, but with the crop tool any
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Other more advanced tools include
skew, capable of pseudo-perspective
effects, lighten and darken, which can be
Stevie Kennedy finds
a hand scanner to
make even Mr Major
lose his greyscales
particularly handy for murky or over-
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as it tends to turn them into impressionist
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In total, PowerScan's image retouching
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In hardware terms, the scanner will be
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In addition, a handy brightness thumb
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In shape and size, the scanning unit is
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The roller, so important for good results,
seems well mounted and doesn't protrude
too far from the surface. On some scan-
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don't roll smoothly enough or slick out too
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Overall, there is little on which to fault
ColourScan. The software could be faster
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job, gets results, and the
results are excellent.
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TWs scanner produces better results
*m ColourScan, but although in 18 bit
*hcr than 12-bit, |X100 scans are taken
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more readers begin to sample the delights
of Workstation 2, we examine more of its
capabilities and sort out a minor problem
orkSlalion 2 was designed
with the A500 Plus in mind
to lake advantage of
larl 2.04 and the more advanced
•nch interface it offered. However,
e the original design of the disk,
modore have released the A600 and
). and this has brought on one small
:m.
A600 has no internal battery
i-up clock, which means that when
Workstation 2 disk boots up, the
p-sequence fails at the command:
SETCLOCK LOU
Irving to load the time Irom a non-exis-
clock {on unexpanded machines), an
code of 20 is returned and every-
grinds to a halt.
e solution is a simple matter of edit-
the startup-sequence using Q£D and
" : ng the line:
UILit It
the Setclock command,
is effectively tells the Amiga not to
H with commands which tail for sim-
reasons. When the revised startup-
"nce runs on boot-up, the user will
the message:
IlITERT BKIEI-HP CLOCK HO! IQUM
startup will continue as normal,
thanks to Mr T Gigg of Bristol for
g in with this enquiry. All future
Station 2 disks will be dispatched
mis bug fined, but any users of unex-
ed A600 machines with first issue
can either carry out the modification
ned above or return their disks to
;ss Direct for a replacement.
Keep those letters rolling in, folks. As
can see, they are all examined for
bte problems or support issues and
bugs or suggestions passed on
"h this column.
with the support column. Mr T
ch of Anglesey was confused by
sk. He managed to operate it to
his Workstation 2 disk, but writes:
There are so many buttons, I'm begin-
ning to wonder what happens when I
press the wrong one!"
FixDisk is a disk retrieval system
designed to cure some of the many prob-
lems which crop up on floppy disks,
including read/write errors, corrupted
files, and the odd validation problem. As
the latter will be more common, we'll look
first at how FixDisk can be used to
remedy it.
Validation errors crop up when the
"bitmap" is corrupt- Basically, a bitmap is
a digital map of the disk's contents and
where on the disk they can be found. Any
disparity between the bitmap and the
structure found by AmigaDOS when it
examines a disk will cause the Amiga to
look for the disk-validator file.
Disk-validator, built in to the Kickstart
2/3 ROM, can correct minor problems,
but will give up on major messes. FixDisk,
irrppi
however, will not. To fix an unvalidated
disk, load FixDisk, then click on the
Directory gadget at the top of its win-
dow. There's no need to scan the whole
disk for bitmap errors, as FixDisk need
merely ascertain where everything is
located.
Faulty
Next, click on the drive containing the
faulty disk and click Disk Inserted when
prompted. FixDisk will now slog its way
through the directory structure, checking
every file's exact location, then compare
this to the bitmap. If the bitmap is incor-
rect, FixDisk says so and asks lor permis-
sion to re-write it
Once the go ahead is give, the pro-
gram takes only a few seconds to rectify
the fault and the disk will be back to nor-
mal. For more serious faults, such as
read/write errors, the complete disk scan
will be needed.
If, for example, the Amiga complains
that a disk has a read error or a write
error on block so-and-so, you will find
that under normal circumstances the disk
Is rendered useless. Using FixDisk, how-
ever, some of the damage can be
repaired.
Repeat the procedure for the bitmap
error, but this time click on the All but-
ton, which prompts FixDisk to trawl
through the disk examining each and
every file in turn until it finds a corrupt or
damaged part of the disk. When this hap-
pens, a number of options will be
available.
Many of these are best presented to
coders and system experts, but most of
us can expect at least to be able to
attempt a save.
Let's say the program tells you that
there is a read error on block 1 605, which
happens to be cylinder 72, head 1, sector
1—
10. The error is a bad sector checksum
(BadSecSum), which means that FixDisk
cannot match the corrupt contents of the
block to the "checksum" which is used as
a method for making sure none of the
data has been messed up.
At this point, the temptation would be
to scream in confusion and despair, but
the canny user will click Retry, the Ignore
if the fault recurs, then wait until the scan
is complete. The next step is vital.
In the window to the left will be a list of
the disk's contents complete with the disk
block where the file header is located. To
attempt to rescue data from a damaged
block, select the file containing the dam-
aged block, then click on Selected below
the Check Files option.
When the error is encountered, you can
attempt to save the damaged part to
another disk or the RAM disk, write over
the block and destroy the original data, or
keep on trying. While it may sometimes
be possible to save the damaged data,
some errors are too serious to remedy.
Crippling
In this case, writing over the block may
be the only option which, though erasing
some of the data and possibly crippling a
program file for good, will at least allow
the rest of the disk to operate without
those annoying read/write errors.
If a damaged file is a data file, you may
be able to save at least part of it, which is
a lot better than nothing at all.
For now, that's all we'll cover on
FixDisk. If enough enquiries come in from
Workstation 2 readers, we'll attempt to
cover the more complex aspects of the
program and look in more depth at its
operation, but until then your manual
should contain enough information to
allow you to usefully employ
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Power of the press
Last monih we gave away Protext
v4.3 from Arnor on our cover. We
also included a brief beginners'
guide on how to create documents, move
them around , and save them. Well now
you have had time to familiarise yourself
with Protext's layout, it's time to look at
some of the more powerful features this
version of Protext has to offer.
One of the most important tasks before
printing a document is to spell check it.
Spell checking is very quick with Protext
and well worth doing even if you are gen-
erally good at spelling, as many typing
mistakes can also be picked up in this
way.
Checking white typing is most conve-
nient when used with a hard disk, or
when the dictionaries are loaded into a
RAM disk so that they may be accessed
almost instantly. This option may be tog-
gled on and off using the Typing Check
option in the Option menu, whenever you
want.
If this option is turned on, every time
>u type an unrecognised word Protext
»ps to indicate the fad, allowing you to
ickspace and correct the word.
The other spelling checker options are
iccessed through the Spell menu which
ilso has options to carry out maintenance
on dictionaries and to use special com-
mands to search for words in dictionaries,
find anagrams and so on.
Apart from checking while typing,
Protext provides four other ways to check
spelling. Individual words may be checked
Become a word-crunching pro in the second
part of our Protext v4.3 tutorial guide
by positioning the cursor on a word (or
immediately after the word) and selecting
the Single Word option.
If the word is recognised, a message
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dialogue box appears. Type in "teh" now,
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ber of boxes which may be clicked on, or
selected by pressing the highlighted letter
in the box.
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dictionary so that it will always be recog-
nised at any time in the future. The Ignore
Jo irrrt time fou (an ipell (he(k just one word
Working with more than one document
Protext allows you to load and edit
many different documents (subject
to available memory), switch
between files and split the screen so
that more than one flic may be
viewed at the same time.
To do this, load a document then
select the Swap menu. At the bot
torn of the menu will be the name of
the flic you just loaded and beneath
that an entry New File.
Click on the New File option and
the existing document will disap-
pear, leaving you with an empty
document. Select the Load file
option again and select another file
for loading.
If you now open the Swap menu
again you will find that the name of
the second tile you loaded has been
added to the list of files being
edited. Repeat the process again to
load a third file. Up to 36 different
files may be loaded at a time, sub
ject to available memory.
Clicit on the name of the file you
first loaded and it will be re dis-
played. If you watch the status lines
you will sec that all the details
change to reflect whichever file is
the current file and that when you
switch flics, Protext remembers all
details of the various settings and
cursor positions for each file.
You can swap between files at will
fust by selecting the required file
from the Swap menu. If you select
New file and create a new document
Instead of loading an existing file,
its name will change to Unnamed
until such time as you give it a name
by saving it, or by using the Name
file option In the File menu.
Blocks of text may be copied from
the alternate file to the current file
at any time. Mark a block In the cur-
rent lilt- then select another file.
The file you have marked the block
In has now become the alternate
file.
Position the cursor where you
want to copy the block to, then
select the Copy Other Block option
in the Block menu and the block will
be copied into the current
document.
Swap back to the file in which you
originally marked the block and It
will still be present. You can then
delete the block If you no longer
require it, or fust dc- select the block.
Delete the block for now and then
swap back to the file Into which you
copied the block. Mark a block in
this file, then swap back to the
other flic and use Copy other block
again.
As you will see, blocks can be
copied in either direction as the
alternate file Is always the one you
were editing before you swapped to
a new current file.
box causes the word to be ignored lorl
remainder of the time that docur
being edited.
The Skip box ignores that word fori
current time only. Change returns
edit mode to make whatever chai
necessary to correct the spelling.
II you don't know what the coi
spelling is, Protext may be able to
you by displaying one or more wo"
which it thinks you intended to use
is done by selecting the Lookup opuon
Select the lookup option and air
instantly a window will appear contai
a list of words. Select the word you \
by double clicking on it and it will repl
the mis-spelled word in the text
If there are more words than wil
into the window, arrows at top ant
bottom may be clicked on to allow yen
see earlier or later suggestions. The w
CANCEL lets you return to editing witf
selecting an alternative word.
While Single word is useful for
checking an occasional word, it would
tedious if you had to check every
this way, so Protext has the facility
check the document in other ways.
The Check From Cursor option is
ticularly useful for checking a section
text of text from the current cursor
tion to the end of the text.
When an unrecognised word is fc
the same dialogue box is displayed
described for Single word. Once the
rection has been made, the check can
recommenced by selecting Check Irt
cursor once more.
Both the above options are parlicul
convenient for checking text when
have made alterations, but if you want
spell check a whole document. Prot<
has a quicker method.
Select the Check Whole Text optr
now. Once the spell check starts,
screen clears and is replaced by a new <
play. Across the top of the screen is l
menu of available options and beneatl
is the area in which unknown words i
listed. Once all unknown words hi
been displayed, each word is offered
turn. The Store option is the same
tlting Pralt «( t ability to \wap between two
dot wnrrtU lor editing If a doddle
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Amiga Computing February 1993
Tutorial
Laying out a document
$ne of Ihe moil useful features of a wordproces
wr Is (he ease with which the appearance of a
document can be changed. We shall start by looti-
ng at Ruler lines.
These determine where the left and right mar
fins will be and can also contain tab markers.
Protext has three types of tab markers - Normal,
decimal and Centre - indicated by 1, . and C sym
sols in the ruler line.
Vou may have as many ruler lines as you want
n a document and Protext stores these in the
text. When the document is printed, the ruler line
n recognised and the text printed according to
ihe settings of the ruler, without the ruler line
Wing printed.
Tabs are useful for a number of purposes, par
tkularly for ensuring that columns of figures or
text are aligned neatly and the different types of
ub marker have different effects.
The normal tab marker (!) has the effect of
aligning all text with its left edge aligned. The
decimal tab marker (.) aligns numbers so that the
decimal points all line up, or. If no decimal point,
the number lines up with other numbers before
the decimal point.
The decimal tab marker may also be used for
■ight aligning text. The centre tab marker (C)
causes text to be positioned equally either side of
Ihe marker. As many of these markers may be
used in a line as you want and the different types
may be mixed.
The active ruler is always 'the most recent ruler
earlier In the document than the cursor", or, If
there is no earlier ruler, the default ruler set with
CONFIC and Is displayed beneath the status lines
when in Document mode.
If you scroll up and down through a document
containing a number of rulers you will see that
the displayed ruler line beneath the status lines
always changes to reflect the currently active
ruler.
The left and right margins may also be altered
by dragging them to the required positions on
the displayed ruler line. Note that this Is not pos
sible on the ruler line In the document, but ruler
lines can be changed by editing them as normal
text anyway.
One thing you will notice white experimenting
with rulers Is that certain things, such as moving
a tab marker to a different column, have an
immediate effect, while others appear to change
nothing. An example of the latter Is when you
move the left and right margins.
By default, Protext has the Auto Reformat
option selected In the Option menu, but It Is
important to understand the way that auto rcfor
matting works. Protext reformats the paragraph
when you perform some action which causes the
cursor to move.
This is preferable to reformatting as each char-
acter is typed which would cause the words to
keep shuffling around as you edit to maintain the
formatting.
If you move through an existing document,
having changed the ruler widths, no changes
will be made to the format unless you edit
the paragraphs. In which case they will
be reformatted to the new margins, or specifically
make use of the various reformatting
commands.
A document, or part of it, may be re formatted
when required using either the Format Text
option In the Text menu. Format Block In the
Block menu, Or you can use the Format Paragraph
or Format To End Of Paro options In the Sundry
menu.
All of these perform the same task, but on
different parts of the document. The complete
text within the relevant areas is reformatted, so
that It appears with all the currently set effects
and margins.
fco*ore, as also is Ignore, but Ihe Change
n is slightly different in that it just
you to edit the offered word. Once
ipleted, the word is re-checked and
■K nexl word ottered.
The Lookup option is similar to thai
*eady described, but the correcl word is
itelecled by pressing the appropriate
•umber alongside each offered word.
The View option allows you to see the
pnrecognised word in context by
d»splaying a number of lines from the
document, with the unknown word high-
tghted so that you can see what action
you wish to take. The Back option is also
tra and allows you to go back to Ihe
ious word it you want The Check
nt block option performs the same
ol spell check, but only on a marked
block of text.
As already mentioned, this method of
spell checking is Ihe fastest, but rf there is
insufficient free memory Protext will be
unable to check in this way. The solution
is to save the document and ihen select
Ihe Check a File option.
You are Ihen presented with the file
selector lo select the lite you want to
check. The checking process functions in
the same way as just described, but with
large files the document may be checked
in several sections, requiring you lo
correct any unrecognised words before
continuing with the nexl section of Ihe
file. It there is still insufficient memory the
Check from cursor option should be used
as described above.
On completion, you are informed if
any of Ihe changes you have made affect
the formatting of the text and are asked
whether you wish to re-load the
document It you wish to continue ec
Ihe document, you should elect toj
il at this point.
• Next month we'll be
| documenting some of the
more advanced features
of this powerful package.
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A great selection of PD this time,
especially chosen tor the skint-
after-Christmas crowd who
desperately need software without the
shelling out..
There's no lukebox Jury this month
{watch out tor its return next time) but
there are a number of excellent anima-
tions in the Dreams and Visions section,
including the best Amiga movie ever! Stay
with me, dear readers...
Moria vSA
PD Soft
Running from the Workbench, this menu-
driven adventure beckons you to "enter
the dungeons of Moria...". Once you've
selected the name, race, sex and class of
your character, you can begin the game
proper.
The different moves or activities avail-
able to you are pretty comprehensive -
you can (once you've got 'em) use spells
and scrolls, you're free to attack monsters,
run, look around - Indeed most of the
usual adventure commands are there,
tucked neatly away in the menus.
The graphically-represented playing
area occupies most of the screen, and
although the icons are small and a little
plain, they do their job perfectly well -
and it's not realism we're after here any-
way, rather representation. The fantasy is
always far more tangible if you let your
imagination fill in the gaps.
Involved and thorough, this is bound to
keep the silicon wanderers out there is
Amiga land happy for a good while.
Canon Studio
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PD Soft, by Wolf Fausl
This is a utility written to provide support
tor all Amiga users who have Canon
printer drivers. Basically it prints IFf graph-
ics to a very high standard, but it's in its
ease of use and flexibility that it proves its
worth.
Printing is done straight from disk,
which means that there's no call for a
truckload of extra RAM every time you
wish to print something more complex
than a simple line drawing. Indeed, all you
need is 300k spare, so it will run quite
happily on an unexpanded machine.
It supports most IFF-ILBM formats,
which means that you should find little
difficulty with compatibility of graphics
files and this program.
But its main claim to lame is surely the
power it puts in your hands as regards the
quality of the printouts. Suddenly you can
pnnt graphics with up to eight greyscales
on any black and white Canon printer,
including the whole Bubb(e|el range.
Should you be lucky enough to own
one of their colour models, such as the
B)800, you will be absolutely astounded
by the 24-bit-quality printing capabilities
that this program lends your printouts.
There is a small but detailed ReadMe to
arewore
Want a whole new world of graphics on
your Canon Bubblejet? Ever fancied
wandering around Ramsey Street? Phil
Morse rounds up
this month's
eclectic selection
of cheap and
free software
PUBLIC
SECTO
get you started, but in its complexity this
program remains simple to use, and you
shouldn't come unstuck.
Should you have a Canon printer/driver
and even the vaguest interest in printing
graphics, be kind to yourself and order a
copy of this essential disk.
Neighbours
17 Bit. 2250A/B. by Arron
Here is a little beauty, as they'd say down
under. Even if you don't give a XXXX for
the TV programme, the concept and the
humour will more than likely endear you
to this original graphical adventure.
Here's the plot - Paul has bought
Ramsey Street! He's finally done it, the
cold-hearted fiend, and the residents
aren't loo impressed. Your hapless task is
A wide selection of Amiga art, anima-
tion and all things pictorial this month,
starting with the amusing Road Hog
Animation (Hugh Grove, 17 Bit,
2302A/B)-
This two-disk cartoon tells the story
of a laddish motorist with an evil grin
and an Acme Animal Annihilator fitted
to his car, who likes nothing better than
to cruise the countryside looking for
creatures to squash.
Well, he puts pay to the life of an
innocent worm (who, judging by the
to stop him. A dodgy digitised title screen
from the TV starts you off When in control
I headed straight for Jim and Helen's to do
a little investigating.
Every "local ion has a digitised piccie
straight from the program, which is a
ma|or selling point, because it's a lot of
fun. There are all the basic adventure
commands which can be controlled from
the mouse, aiding your progress.
There was a bottle on the table in |im
and Helen's house. So I took it, only to
find it disappear from the screenshot and
appear at the bottom of the screen in my
inventory section. Very nice!
Anyway, later I found the twins in con-
versation with the ever-wonderful, world-
wandering Dorothy, and decided to ask
Christine to help me "stitch up" that ras-
cal Robinson.
Being his wife she refused, but her sis-
lovely red rose he was carrying, was
more than likely on the way to his dot-
ing worm-ess), but like all good stories,
Mr Bad gets his come uppance In the
end - this time, at the hands of a
hedgehog with a secret! Intrigued? Well
all I can say is that it makes a refreshing
change, if you know what I mean.
The cartoon is impressively animated,
with fine attention to detail - the evil
motorist and the hedgehog both draw
you in to the action thanks to the ani-
mation of their features. Give it a go.
ler - loyal as ever - told me that ■
Mangel could "lend" me a key to Pad
office. What a girl!
I could document my attempts to sM
Ramsey Street forever - suffice to say th<
was highly improper and had a lot of H
in failing to achieve anything constructt
at all.
My only slight gripe is some of
author's comments. Most are hii
amusing, taking a dig at the aforenn
tioned XXXX and its contemporaries
instance, but adolescent sexism has
place anywhere.
Maybe the author does really belt
that one of the programme's chara<
and Visions
Santa's Grotto (17 Bit, 2295) sh
rather sickly family In a rather si
Yuletidc scene with a rather sickly
- except, look! They're getting up
load of mischief!
Little Jimmy is firing a pea-s
the cat's pulling sister's jogging
down (I jest thee not) and
I
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A rery tkfc Inttrument indeed
The hedgehog hoi the Imt laugh... but whyt
1 in
Amino Camautina February 1993
PP and Shareware
OuHU'n'RRVE^" ye. o - eh drve PRTERsan irri^irrs
Ptay nHam Information tronl
SEQUEnCE
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inra: conriGURRTian lorded
anie, is "not the prettiest girl in the
W, but does haw a strange attraction",
he should have kept such rubbish to
self. Still, this game is by and large
wterful - get it!
Play and
Rave 2
Virus Free PD, CLU9,
by Dave Palerson
is a musk module linker/demo maker,
"ly, it allows you to link together any
ol pre-wrilten Amiga musk modules
play them in a predefined sequence.
Meanwhile, the screen displays, chops
changes and generally keeps the audi-
amused with pictures - again they're
en by you, and faded In and out,
and so on wherever you wish them
be.
The program is compatible with all
*r*gas, even the CDTV, and you don't need
m keyboard, as it's totally mouse controlled.
Compatible with hard drives, the finished
■1
Whoy lull,-' way to
tttt Piay n Rare
than the In I cord
demo can be saved where you wish, and
spread across any number of floppy disks.
There are basic controls over the musk
and pictures, and I would imagine that the
largest bunch that such a program would
appeal to would be the demo-makers
whose main interest is musk.
For instance, a nice picture show could
be generated by anyone with neither the
time nor the interest to generate one
from scratch, simply by using existing pic-
ture files from anywhere, or maybe scan-
ning record covers, pop stars' faces and
so on.
3
The tanglblr rtallty of Morla
' -tr wandered what an Indoncilan
««A note lookt tike?
c*nfooleries are goin' down in the Grotto,
w to speak.
This is pretty basic, static stuff and Hat
* a pancake, but to be fair there's been a
-»t of attention and thought put into what
actually going on (several things happen
Ji the same time) and as it's the only
.rimbo anim I've had. I'll let it off.
The GIF Slideshow (17 Bit) contains a set
* pkcies grouped into various categories -
Space" gives us various digitised photos of
V earth, spacemen and radio telescopes,
'•yt instance, and "Money" displays the
vonts and backs of obscure bank notes
Indonesia obscure enough?) - they've
«**n printed "specimen" over them!
Some of these pics are mildly interest-
ing, but at the end of the day. anyone can
Vjtise photographs, however pretty they
may be. A passable curiosity.
By the way, the Highlander demo
(17 Bit, 2288A/B) fares similarly - all
good stuff, but try doing something
original with such rich source material!
One demo which does do some-
thing original, if unbelievably crass, is
the Gladiators slldeshow (17 Bit.
2278A/B) giving Top Trump-style "fact
cards" (complete with photos) of all
your fave Gladiators stars. I'm sorry,
but there are limits,.,
Robert Leiper's Slemmings (17 Bit.
2284) has our fave suicidal chums play
ing baseball. It's nicely animated stuff
complete with action replays, and
there's beer humour there too (right
lads?).
The style is original, and for this
alone - and the rather strange dosing
sequence - this demo, rough around
the edges and all, deserves a look in.
I can't finish with out telling you
about an amazing video cassette called
Space Wars. It 's available from 17 Bit
(tame on other PD houses, get your stuff
to me! This isn 't a 17 Bit monopoly!) and
it features an eight-minute Amiga anima
tion - although "movie' is probably a
better term.
This video contains lar and away the
most impressive animation I have ever
seen, period. Based on the Star Wars plot,
it is wickedly humorous, and Amiga graph-
ics supremo Tobias Richter should feel jus-
tifiably proud of this SO frames per-second,
24-bit, HAM based masterpiece.
Still not reaching for the phone? Well, it
took four A300CK six weeks working
around the clock Co render this animation.
Get ordering, it's wicked! Laters!
ttmmingt linking it oat on the bairboU diamond
IH like the
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not popping In
for a cup at tea
Calling PI
libraries
If you run a PD library, or have
anything as PD. then send it to
and that's an order! Although I
promise to review everything, I do li
at every submission - what more caf
harassed reviewer otter?
I'm especially looking for weird
wonderful PD (go onl deviate!) as
as music disks (they don't have to
rave or dance) - anything you think
grab a jaded, world-weary hack's
Uon. The address?
Phil Morse, PD Submissions
Amiga Computing, Europa House
Adlington Park, Macclesfield, SKI 0 41
(iffy bags in the area!
Storyland 2
Amiganuts
This is described as an "activity adven-
ture". It's pleasingly simple, being based
around clear pictures of various objects
and a central "text box", with a big,
chunky font.
There's the usual mix of magic and
spells, seemingly irrelevant objects which
turn out to be useful, and some nice ani-
mated graphical bits, such as the one
when you move to another land (there
are five) which looks like the Time Tunnel,
as in the cult sci-fi bash as shown a while
back on TV.
Obviously intended for children, and
testing powers of memory as well as
logic, this game nevertheless would best
be played with an adult present or avail-
able - sometimes it's not quite as intuitive
as it could be.
Still, it's all presented very clearly, and
I've never seen an adventure quite like
this before. I liked it
Wizard Wars
Nebula Software
A strategy game for one to five players.
Wizard Wars is complex and compelling.
Once you've told the computer how
many people are playing and what their
names are (the computer can play for any
of the players should a deficiency of will-
ing humans be the problem) you are
the Wizard Wan hland
Storyland 2 U Umple and cotowrfuJ
shown a map of the island on which the
game takes place, complete with features
such as hills, mountains, forests, cities, vil-
lages and castles.
You are a wizard, and you must
destroy all the other players' wizards in
order to claim dominance over the island.
Quite why you couldn't all live together
as one family is not explained, but suffice
to say that none of you are in any mood
for conciliation.
Like the other wizards, you live In a
tower. You need to destroy their towers
to get them, and to do this you
must summon demons. To summon
demons you must gather certain
attributes.
Pacifists will frown to know that even if
you wish to do a little pottering around
instead of mass destruction, you'll still
need demons, because they an? your only
protection against the other wizards'
demons, unleashed to get you.
The graphics are good, it's well pro-
grammed, and any strategy fan who's
looking for a new challenge will find m
of interest in this game.
Apart from one or two niggles -
program returned me to AmigaDOS o
unexpectedly and is sometimes not
friendly as it could be - this is rat
good.
Contact
addresses
Amiganuts, 1 69 Dale Valley Road,
Southampton SOI 6QX
PD Soft, 1 Bryant Avenue, Southend-
on-Sea SSI 2YD
1 7 flit. First Floor Offices, 2/fl Market
Street, Wakefield WF1 1DH
Virus free PD, Jl Fardingdon Road.
Swindon SNl 5AR
Illegal OctaMED
Some PD libraries have been advertising OctaMED v3 when It Is, in fact, a copy
riqhted program, making this action illegal.
Apart from vl and the nonsave v4, OctaMED is only available from Am.ganuls
at 169 Dale Valley Road, Southampton S01 6QX. Anyone else offering this pro-
gram is breaking the law.
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ANIMATIONS
LEMMIN'S REVENGE, a great 2 disk. 2meg ani-
mation by Roddy Mcmiltan
DUNCAN THE DUNG BEATLE 2 A A5 disk ani-
mation that roqulrws 4mog of memory to run.
LIFE S A BITCH Hilanous by grouse arum taken
from Golden A»e (16).
S WAYS TO KILL A MOLE! anotner Mk anima-
tion about moles and how to get nd of em
DEMO'S
RSI MEGA DEMO (2 disks) an an lime classic
ALCATRAZ 'ODYSSEY', a five Oak Adventure
through space, totaty awesome all the way
through this 40 minute computer Him
_ TEF GIGA MIX' 2 disks. 2 drives required, over
20 minutes ol punt samples great music'
FILLING THE MACHINE an n-ttnou* demo m
the lines ot the famous Nat West advertisement
ACCESSORIES
A5O0*9D0* OUST COVER C3 99
A6OO'A600HD Dust Cover f .' N
Mouse Mat £2 SO
Mouse House f ' 50
ftoboSnrtt switcher £14.99
10 capacity disk boi fl 99
Blank disks, feaoh} 59p
LATEST PD
•2B3S LEMMIN'S REVENGE (2disks). 2MEG.
Amaalng new 2 meg animation by Roddy
McMiian
-2947 LEEDINGS. A bit like Lemmings
•294A APC MISSION (2dis«s) 3 Meg BAV ani-
mation
.2951 E-TYPEll AMAZING Asteroids clone
.2952 GAME BOY TETRtS It s the Gameboy'lt
•2953 K.K NORMAN PART2 2MEG. lolrowup
to Knighty Kn>ghl Norman. Superb animalions.
•2954 DOLPHIN DREAM Colourful amm
□ *»SS TOP SECRET EBremery addictive stuff
•2956 CYBER 7 Game compilation
._' •2957. THE DEGRADER Allows you to tun more
old software on your new machine Essential
■ 2958 SPECTRUM. MATRIX 2 great games
•29130 TURBO THRUST fantastic new game!!!
' .2961 SPEED LIMIT (3 disks) 3MEG onim
•2964 EYE CATCHERS Bnlltant cl«art selec-
tion
•2965 ARA2MAX Bang Bang
•2966 SPACE TRAX 2 player shoot em up
_ Brillflt
-2967 TECHNO BAN V en/ addictive puzzler
-2968 HELL ZONE R-Typo oaf your heart out
-2969 LITTLE OFFICE WP. Spreadsheet etc
-2972 WBASE 13. Very small WB database
_ -2973 CYBERNETIX Totally fantastic shootem
UP
•2974 LITTLE BENCH? 0 Rer>acemart WB
•2975 COSMOPOLITAN FONTS (I - *) (* disks)
•2979 ASSASSINS GAMES 28 Latest games
compo
•2966. VIDEO WIPES. Essential for video enthu-
siasts
•2990 BOUNCE N BLAST Super new platform
cum shoot em up. Very colourful, fantastic GFX
_ .2992 SLIDESHQW GENERATOR. Very easy to
use Slide-show maker
•2993. TRAIL BLAZER This is the latest A best
• 2994 SOCCER CAROS Brill monogemenl
game
_ '2996. ROTON Now Asteroids clone
_ .2996 PROTRACKER 22 Latest version WB2
: •3000 TEXT ENGINE 3 4 fantastic WP package)
.3001 DONKEY KONG a classic
• 3002 CLI TUTORIAL essential tor beginners
• 3003 PASCAL
•3004 AMIGA TUTORIAL
-1 •3006 THE INTREPID fantastic rpg game
J *3007. ANGL1A COLOUR FONTS I. dpaaM fonts
•3012 MULTfDOS 2 Me transfer system
.3021 FORTRAN COMPILER A language'
.3023 HISTORY OF AMY. Amy the SQuitrel
□ *3028 CRAZY SUE 2. bm ptalformor
PRINTER TOOLS
1 J NEW PRINTER DRIVERS A greal now selection
of dnvers tor STAR Canon Bjl 0. and more
_ FANCY DISK LABELLER Create lancy looking
disk labels wrlti this easy lo use package
_ i TEXT PLUS 4.0e Is a great new word processor
_ thai features an the latest bits
□ LABEL BASE Store loads! of names and
addresses tor printing onto labels
PRINTER DRIVER GENERATOR. Allows you lo
make your own printer driver lor your printer nol
Ihe easiest thing lo use. but 4 works
FONTS
COSMOPOLITAN FONTS 1-4 Is a unique collec-
tion of standard amiga tools tor use in Duluno
Stmt III etc
AGESTREAM FONTS 6-10 A collection ol
superb Quality fonts lor uso m Pagesfream ? 1 or
2-2
COMPUGRAPHIC FONTS 1-3 Over 50
CompugraphK fonts for use in Pro Page. DPaaM
4.1 Page Setter. A WB2
I BAD BOYZ COLOUR CLIP FONTS a whole disk
lull of rut colour dip fonts great lor dpamt or
even AMOS
MINI FONTS II A massive collection of small fonts
□ GELIGNITE FONTS II Useful collection c* IFF dips
GAMES
DR MARK) Anoihor hugely popular Tetns* type
of game, featunng immense payability and man-
o'tsn graphics.
AMIGA COLUMNS Very similar to the Game
Gear version but with better sound'gfi-
_ DONKEY KONG In the year 1984' there was a
game that rocked the computer world, lhat game
was Donkey Kong. Even il you were not around
lo seen, buy II " T "
BOUNCE N BLAST Here s a great new PD plat-
form cum shod om up. featuring greal game play
graphes A sound, don't mas n
HELL ZONE R-lype eat your heart out. here's a
fantasia: new shootem up based on R- Type.
Super acton, get a copy now.
^ MCGABALL if. an addictive Break-out done lhai
features fantastic dtgitned speech and awesome
graphics PD at its best ""
I OAMEBOY TETRIS mats right a gameooy emu-
lalor! Play Tetns on the Amiga. Ihe same as you
woukJ on a Garnafaoy.""*
DELUXE PACMAN (NEW) Thai is the latest ver-
sion of Pacman available It loalures utterly fan-
tastic graphics tho mam character 15 brill
Just in....
ARCADE CLASSICS
Krjo»-» Peamn Aubtkh «c Bnn» oa> em ytx ail cm
FULL HOUSE POKER Play against good old
Jack, m this lantasK quality Poker game, easily
the best Amiga Poker game available *""
GIRL ACTIONS. No. H9 not what you think, it s a
very addictive version ol Geiaxttns
BUNNY BLAST Now ires is what I call sick, basi-
cally the idea of the game is lo shoot A maim as
many poor and defenceless raoofts as poaslble
u MISSILE COMMAND m the good old days the
was one ol the moat played garnet around, and
now its available on Ihe Arruga Get II*
DATABASES
RIM DATABASE Is a simple yel powerful reg-
ional Database. Superb for storing names A
Addresses etc.
AMIBASE PRO 2 Is htghly praised by an It s cur-
rent user base tor being ealremely flexible
AMIDEX Is an Amiga file card system. Van/ easy
lo use. perfect for simple names A addressee etc
JWB BASE vary smal A compact sample dbase.
that is made to run tn the background of your WB.
MUSIC/SOUND
□ MED 3 21 Create your own musical compoal-
llons wrth ease, you don t even need lo know
music
J PURE SAMPLES 1-3 3 disks tos lo the nm of
high qua My iff samples, various Instruments etc
VOCALS 1 -5 A lolaVy awesome collection ol ill
samples Each sample lias been recorded al over
1 7000 samples a second, so they are ol Ihe high-
est quality. Don! nusa em ""* (5 disks)
BEATS 1-5. Frve defts M of Ngh quality beats
essenliai lor creasng tflnlasM Amga music |5 disks)
CLIPART
_ VEHICLES a disk full ol (ft ckpart. tor use In your
favounte dtp package
. EYE CATCHERS Is a uruque coHeclion of Eye
Catching ckpart. Stare. Flashes. Boies. Scrolls.
Anows etc are all «c*uded all file* have been
saved m IFF so you can load them mio any DPT
or an prog
_ TEDDY BEARS a disk fun ol pictures of cute little
teddy bears
, BAD BOYZ COLOUR CLIP FONTS A collection
of dozens of iff colour loots NEW
DIAGNOSTICS
ENGINEERS KIT The complete solution, every-
thing you could need to test your system
; SYSTEM EXERCISER made tor older Amga
Amiga Software
systems
1 SYS INFO, a greal utility that can tell you exactly
what chip set is contained in you/ machine
C.L.R. WARES
Only C3 50 a title, unless stated
CLEOl TC DINOSAURS C4.50
Superb Educational title on everytrung you need
or don! need to know about dinosaurs.'""
CLE02. TC GEOLOGY £4 50
Life the work] and how n all began.**""
CLE03 SOLAR SYSTEMS E4.99
A taca*ianhg look at the galaxy Weil worth a took
CLE07 FRESH WATER FISHING Another lop
class educational title, lealunng Ihe ins A outs ol
fresh water flshmg ""**
CLE08 NlGHTSKY Night sky is an essential tool
tor learning planet A star movements etc.""
CLE09 WORDS A LADDERS Bnlhant snakes
A ladder* vanant lor kids leaches spelling
CLE10 BASICALLY AMIGA t3disks) is a new
tutorial thai takes you through every aspect of the
computing world, from slang to samples to graph-
es al the way through lo add-ons etc II youve
I us! got your Amiga and you re a lire! time com-
puter user get a copy of this now. it's a bargain at
lust E4.99
CLU01 VIDEO TTTLEfl Into video trtfcng'' nere 5
somotriing lhal will nelp
CLU03 TYPING TUTOR Learn 10 type properly
with this excellent typeig tutor, one of the easiest
to use.
CLU04 ALPHA GRAPH A very snaay utility that
allows you lo easily produce various graphs
CLU05 SAS MENU MAKER A great new menu
maker from SAS. allows you to create a menu
where you can posaion buttons where you like on
me screen, have a snazzy logo ai me lop. and
toad any program you like by simply clicking on
Ihe selected button.""
CLU06 SUPER SOUNDS III Is a very powerful
and versalae "Sampling* software II is compati-
Dle with all major sampling hardware, and rs bet-
ler than mosl commercial stuff available
! CLUOfi WORD FINDER Plus E4 50
Word finder plus rs a powerful new crossword
solver As 4 now stands rl contains a drctronan/ ol
over 45,000 Engtah words. Il can solve ana-
grams, crosswords, word searches etc Its amai-
mgty easy to use and leatuies simple poml A
click ope rations *****
CLU09 PLAY'n'RAVE 2 £4 50 Pta/h Rave
allows you lo produce great demo's |usi like
Digital Concert A TEF Giga-mix. easily and pro-
fessionally. Link Tracker modules together to pro-
duce an amazingly long and varied music track.
An excollenl piece ol programming
ClGOl NORRlS Exerting piatiorm romp
CLG02 DARK THINGS Colourful plaltormer
CLG03 PHASE 2 Multi revel parallax horizontal
scrolling shootem up. great value.****
CLG04 X-SYSTEM Another lantastic game fea-
turing eicellenl GFX and superb platform action
Wed worth a took at.""
CLGOS. TRUCKN ON 2. C4.50 A superb manag-
ment game to say the least.***
CLG06 OBLITERATION 1 .3 Amiga s only frantic
5hoo>em up action "*"
CLG08 DRAGON TILES (New Version) Very
hot indeed, this * the largest selling CLR tine
around. It s basically a PAIR IT type game with
hundreds ol levels A greal graphics It's also
received rave reviews every where *•*■•
U CLG09 MOTOR DUEL Batttecars. jazzed up
version.
H CLG10 FUTURE SHOCK. Another superb CLR
release where the obfect of ffw game a lo simply
10B your ball around a maze collect vanous
items, sounds easy but it ami
! ; CLG 1 1 ALL GUNS BLAZING Fasl paced top
view racing game.
1 CLGl? BULL DOZER BOB A great new puzzte
game, where the obrect is lo simply get bob to
manoeuvre 2 ol the same blocks together.
LI CLG13 PARADOX Another now puzzle game.
You take control ol a cute utile fuzz ball and have
to push bats logo thai
1 ICLGI5 SPOLDGE Greal new platform game.
exc o a p nt lrjr Wis. but very tricky.
I CLGl 7 IMBRIUM A sort ol 'Monkey Island'
game where you take control of a 'Mario' charac-
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Octamed Pro v4.03©
This program needs no introduction. Probably the best music creator there is
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have midi Comes with a butlt-insampler and synthesised sample editor Can
display your creators in standard tracker format or on a slave in real time V4
manual available. Prices;
Octamed+Manual Octamed Manual
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Amfga Music File Converter can convert modules to various formats The ideal
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The Amisa Coders Club (£4)
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Other
Free 2, the adventure creator £5.00
A-Gene, track your family tree £15.00
Timetable Planner, for students £2 50
Master Virus Killer v2.2 £2.00
Ami/FastBack, hard disk backup £8.00
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Assassins Games Compilation, each disk contains a selection of
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Hellzone, the best PD shoot-em-up. Top Secret, a good platform
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REVIEWS**. NIGEL MANSELL • NO 2ND PRIZE • PREMIER MANAGER • JIOAD RASH
GOBUINS 2 • REACH fOR THE SKIES • BUI'S fOMATOfS AND MOM ALSO**.
WALKER PREVIEW, FIRST LOOK AT LEMMINGS 2, TWO PAGE WEEN SOLUTION, AND
WELCOME ONCE MORE TO THE CHEAP SEATS - LORDY, IT'S PACKED!
News flash
Thank God that articles like the 'Screen
Dreams" piece that appeared In this month's
copy of The Face are Infrequent, and that mis-
informed writers such as the one responsible
for the piece are few and far between in the
computer world.
I would advise any male gamer out there to
read this article just to see how clueless these
idiots are. I say male because the article is
directly aimed at men.
Gavin Hills, author of the aforesaid piece,
makes a sad, unfounded and pathetic attempt
to triviallse and break down the computer
games world into psychological similes.
II Is clear from the article that Mr Hills has
no idea of the current games market. Your aver-
age grandmother knows as much about the cur-
rent games scene.
For those of you who haven t read the arti-
cle, I'll give you a brief idea of what he was
saying. The opening paragraph has references
to the fourth level of Desert Storm - an inaccu-
rate reference I might add, as the game is
Desert Strike, a Megadrive title.
How many of you male games out there
agree that masturbation and computer games
go hand in hand - ? Not many I d imagine. And
how many dedicated male gamers agree that
shooting them up on screen and soiling your
favourite hanky may both be furtive
exercises... "7
He goes on with this poor excuse for a
Freudian interpretation of the computer game
world, deciding that racing games encourage
joy riding, that computer games are a sexual
outlet for the average adolescent teenager, and
indeed that they re "a healthy alternative for
potential child murderers and perverts".
But his doesn t stop there, the obscenities go
on. "Knights of Knobf f, Colostomy Castle...
I think old Gavin is the one who needs the psy-
choanalysis, don t you?
Cobblers as an art form
They think its all over...
But they're wrong - it's not over yet. Sensible Soccer, the
biggest sport game of 1992. has just been improved. With
the new title of Sensible Soccer vl . I, the game has loads
more features and is almost guaranteed to be in the top
ihree Chnstmas sellers.
It now features new and improved goalkeepers In (he
first game the goalies were a bit wishy washy, but now the
goalies can recover more quickly, catch the ball properly,
punch the ball away and when it's too hard to catch and
Dp the ball over the bar or around the post Thus all these
coupled together make the goalies a lot harder to score
against.
For all you vlnny Jones fans there o trqubie on (he hori-
zon Any cynical professional fouls will now earn your
players a red card and a long walk back to the dressing
room - Plus (here's morel
The new backpass rule is included, so that means yom
goalie can i pick (he ball up. but he can run all the way M
the puch and score a goal
All the new season's team and players names am
included plus there are some more brand new comedy oari
torn teams.
Well what can I say? I'm speechless Having played tna
new version I can say that its loads better and much mem
fun than the onginal - a bargain if ever I saw one.
There is good news lor people who own the original
game. You can upgrade your copy by sending your disks ■
Renegade Call them on 07 1 -48 1 92 1 4 for more details.
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Kixx out the jams
Gold's budget label Kixx has just released a brand new sub label. Entitled Kixx XL the company have a whole torryjoafi
of forthcoming releases lined up These include MKlwinier. Baitlehawks 1942 and Future Wan which are reviewed in thi
Cheap Seats this month - check them out
Also released are Zak McKraken and the Alien Mindbenders and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - The Graph*
Adventure. The games ate more expensive than your average budgei software. All of them cost £12.99 except for Intend
Jones whxh will cost you a penny under £ 1 5
looks like a lot of money for a budgei game, but I think you'll agree that these games are a« really good and are waff
dial irttle bit extra. Just don t make the prices any higher, OK' All releases mentioned here should be available now.
Large sweaty men and big weapons
The race for the Chnstmas number one is hot-
ting up and it looks as though Ocean are
preparing lo load their big guns. Coming your
way (his Crimbo is Lethal Weapon, WWF Euro-
pean Rampage and as previously reported
Cool World and Universal Monsters.
Lethal Weapon is based on the trials and
tribulations of Martin Rrggs and Roger Mur-
taugh from the Lethal Weapon film trilogy.
You get to choose to play either Riggs or Mur-
taugh - each has varied abilities and has to
tackle the missions in a different way.
There are five mrssions in all in which you
have to conquer drug smugglers, terrorists
and (he Organisabon or save hostages under
siege.
The game which is an arcade shoot-'em-up
is Ocean's btggest film licence ever and should
be available now for a measly price of £25.99.
Ocean's big game is WWF European Ram-
page and hopefully it'll be better than their
first effort. This bme all your favourite wrestlers
unite for a European Rampage Tour.
Hulk Hogan, The Ultimate Wamor, The Nat-
ural Disasters, The Nasty Boys and Legion of
Doom are all featured. The game can be
played as a two-player Tag-Team or a one-on-
one grudge match
It says on my wonderful press release that
there are over 62 (count eml| individual
moves for each wrestler which I find very hard
to believe, but we shall see.
Expect to see a review fairfy soon. WWF
European Rampage will cost you £25.99 and
should be available at the beginning of
December.
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2 i JMHEfjt February 1993
INNER VISION
full to bustin' - not even room tor the charts!
Nigel Mansell's World Championship 4
The man with the most earns a bit more
Road Rash , 6
Quck relief for frustrated motorcyclists A ^^r^m
Tearaway Thomas 10
A funny looking chap who jumps on things m
Nicky Boom 1 0
Another funny looking chap who jumps on things
Bill's Tomato Cams 12
Wins first prize for this month's Bizarre Name competition
Premier Manager .... 1 4
Sit on a draughty bench and swear at men in short trousers
James Pond: Aq^ti^lWmes 16
Sporting frolics as the fishy spy swaps his Magnum for Reeboks
COBLIINS 2^fc.^^. 1 8
Why put iiis after the name when you can have them in the middle?
is after the n;
TT4CK
Dalek Attach • 20
Put your hands together please for the walking talking dustbins!
No Second Prize 24
No need for one. This comes top every time^^A
Reach for the Skies .^^L^....... 26
Wartime nostalgia - with Robert Mitchum nowhere to be seen
Onword fit 2
The news section that just (ApsJRwing!
Source: Lemmings 2 9
The return of the brain-dead cutie pies
Sourcier still: Walker 1 7
This is what happens when you cross Robocop with... erm,
something elsi
Cheat Mo
iode 28
Ween^^ras we could get and still produce a magazine
fcbrutry 1993 GAMER tf^j
Contraptionsgate -
; Cute repair man in
bug scandal
Mindscape's next release is a game called Contraptions. Its an tsometnc 3D
pu?2le game very much In the style of
the now classic D/Generadon.
You take the part of a 'cute' repair
man and must wort your way through a
nuge machine fixing "bugs" and making
repairs while looking for the tools with
which you can exact these repairs.
Switching levers. Jumping on pressure
pads and turning screws will
enable you to enter other rooms
which in turn allows you to
progress through the levels.
If it s half as good as D/Gen-
eration then it'll be very good
indeed Contraptions should be
available around about now for
the quite cheap pnce of El 9.99.
BBRACSLE, Hmm, err
I know, SCRABBLE...
Yes, the world s leading word game is juit about to appear on
your Amiga*. Billed as the ultimate game of verbal wtiardry to hit
the home computer.
Computer Scrabble is the definitive 90s version of the famous
game. Its the same fun-packed blend of skill and chance which
enhances your word power as you play, but it does have some
special features.
Brilliant computer graphics give an extra dimension to the
game, as well as having the advantage of all pieces staying on
board, so there's no chance of one of your relatives having one
too many on Boxing Day and crashing into the board and ruining
the game.
Locked into the game s memory is every page of the Chambers
Official Scrabble Dictionary (over 126.000 words) so bluffs can be
called in seconds. A special souvenir computer print-out of the
final board position can be put into effect at the touch of a but-
ton, so you can remember how badly you lost.
Release date and price are as yet unknown at we go to press,
but It should be available very soon.
Kirk to bridge,
I'm skint...
•**Hay The game that furry cotes and strange people who drive Capns have
Seen waiting fori Star Trek the game is being ported over from the PC.
If like me you are an intensely sad and unfortunate git and you rush home to
watch the re-runs of the "60s classic then the game, when it finally reaches the
.Vroga, will be a necessity.
Sources say that the majority of 0v story hnes have been taken from the four
series with all the RomUans. Wiogons and Forms of Men Life that are "not as we
vow if.
Laugh this off!
Ayrton Sena!
m:oNSHip
GREMLIN ■ £29.99 ■ 1 meg ■ Joystick/keyboard ■ Out now
Elsewhere in this stupendous
Issue of Gamer you will find
me singing in a loud voice the
praises of Gremlin's other release. Pre-
mier Manager, and vowing to collar
either Biff or Ben into reviewing
Mansell so I can spend as much time a
possible with my beloved Wycombe
Wanderers.
Well, a true indication of the
authority I wield is evident in the fact
that here I am, reviewing them both.
Have you ever noticed how much of
a miserable sod Nigel Mansell is? It's
unbelievable - the guy lives in a three
million pound house in a tax haven,
and gets an eight figure salary for
doing the thing he loves most, yet the
only time we see any noticeable
twitch of his moustache is when
j Ayrton Senna spins out off the track
in a horrifying accident.
All credit to the bloke though - not
only is he one of the few truly success-
ful contemporary British sportsmen,
but he also has to cope with the slob-
bering schoolboy adulation bestowed
upon him by the ever-excited Murray
Walker.
In order to supplement his meagre
income, Nlge has lent his name to the
latest go-very-fast-around-a-track-'em-
up from those Lotus-like fiends from
Sheffield.
Ben had a good look at the game
for his review in ST User Gamer, and
was far from impressed, which worried
me greatly as I didn't want to believe
that the game I had been looking for-
ward to 10 much was a small but pun-
gent heap of Tibetan llama droppings.
Nervously, I investigated...
On loading you are presented with
Ah. Sitwrrtone - home of the
British OP and IS pints of Uger
a generous options screen that as well
as offering you the standard gear and
control method choices, also enquires I
politely as to whether you would like
to "improve with Mansell" or take I
lessons in "driving school' before
launching yourself into the full racej
season.
Well I'm no nance, and was raring |
for a bit of real racing action, but,
dedicated chap that I am. thought it
only fair to explore all the avenues, so
to speak.
Driving school was my first stop,
and the concept is very simple.
Choose any track on which to practice
- no other cars are present, and the
maximum speed of your car Is
restricted, the Idea being that this will
enable you to learn how to control
the car. Come on. please - I'm sure we
can cope with moving the Joystick
from side to side and pressing the Fire
button occasionally. One visit to driv-
■=» ff BIN I Hill
Off to a good sUrt - even
Johnny Herbert i in front of ui
ing school and you'll never return -
it's daft.
Improve With Mansell allows us to
zoom around the track to the accom-
paniment of a running commentary
from the man himself. This Is a much
better idea than the Driving School -
the racing line is Indicated, and In
theory the comments from Nlgey-
babes should teach us the best tech-
niques to use.
In practice, however, whenever I
tried looking up from the track at the
snippets offered ("stay on the track",
"avoid hitting things '), the result was
Invariably my car wrapped around
some advertising hording or other. Its
a nice touch, but not much help at all,
I'm afraid.
After dispensing with all the frills
and Inconsequentlalities it was time
to get me some action. Every track
from the 1992 Grand Prix circuit Is
here in all Its macadamised glory -
you can choose to race a single cir-
cuit, in which case you take your pick,
or pack some clean clothes and a cou-
ple of new engines and opt for the
full GP season.
The full season begins In South
Africa and culminates in Australia as
does the real thing. A handy intro
screen gives some indication as to
which bits on your car you should
tamper with by outlining the nature
of the track - bends, straights and so
on.
You can If you wish get straight
into a race, In which case you will find
yourself at the back of the 1 2-car grid.
Qualifying is a better idea - two laps
round the track with Just a couple of
other cars provides an excellent land
a little too easy) chance of beginning
the race on the front row.
As far as the gameplay g<
NMWC is good, but not great,
tracks are well laid out but the
updates are just a bft too slow to
ulate a Formula One racing car tra
ling at nigh on 200 miles per hour.
The mlniturised track in the |
corner of the screen succeeds wf
"Improve With Mansell falls In prt
Ing you with as much In-race infor
tion as you need.
All it does Is tell you where the
are on the track, but then you're
really Intersted In the price of
Brazilian Cheddar when your chi
are wobbling with G-force, are you
One element of the game whi
suppose Is realistic, but annoy.-
nonetheless, is the sheer difficulty
overtaking other drivers. The or
time I won any races was wl
started in pole position.
Points are awarded as per the usv
Grand Prix rules, and a place In II
top three In any race earns an afJ
mated sequence which takes a whM
to load and would be better left out
As you would expect from Greml*.
Mansell is a polished game, not wit*"
out Its faults, but which shoukl
I appeal to race fans due to the optiom
it sports and the full GP season.
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Hey, I remember ihis! Road Rash
was the second game I ever
played after buying a Megadr -
oops, nearly dropped myself in <t there.
Ahem, well anyway, it was - and jolly
good fun it was too - whizing around vari-
ous fictional parts ol America on a fast bike,
avoiding the police and knotting off anyone
who got in my way. Top entertainment Ai
rheome.
And now here we are in Amigaland 18
month* later, busy reviewing all the first
goodies of the New Year, when who should
pop up for perusal but my old mate Great - 1
couldn t wait lor a quick shufty
Road Rash on the Megadrive was accom-
panied by a stirnng tale of competition and
confrontation between two mean nders over
a girl - they ended up facing each other on a
treacherous highway for a no holds barred
race without rules.
The girl swooned over the winner, the
race was brilliant etc etc. and it was decided
that it should be held every year (o find the
best 'rasher', or some such gubbins.
Well weve all grown up a bit since then,
and EA suffice with telling Amiga owners that
"nice guys come last*, and leave it at that
As with any racing game, the aim is obvi
ously 10 win races, and smce we ve just been
informed that mild-mannered citizens such as
ourselves generally come a good way down
the field, it's necessary to enter into a little
roughness.
We have two basic moves with which to
temporarily immobilise our leatherclad com-
petitors, and on which the game was really
sold to Megadrive owners.
Depending on which joystick control
method is chosen - there are two - either a
dab on the Fire button or a quick push
upwards on the stick will see your rider
punch anyone within arm s reach
Similarly, by pushing down on the stick
you are able to lock anyone who ndes too
close for comfort. A particularly well placed
punch or kick can see an adversary knocked
oil r*s or her bike, but that doesn't mean
that they're out of the race - you II notice
them in your rear view mirrors as they
scurry back towards their bikes and
re-mount.
Bikes are the ultimate status symbol tor
types like yourself - you begin ihe whole
shenanigans on a Shuriken 400, ihe
moiorcycling equivalenl of the XR2, in
that il looks quite nice and sounds OK.
but is about as hkefy to take you to ihe
front of the pack as a Samsbury s trolley
with a wonky wheel
You will therefore be wanting to win
some money in order to invest m a bet
ter brke and the only way lo do it is by
winning races.
There arc five tracks in all, and
despite boasting such varied names as
Grass Valley and Palm Desert they are
disappointingly alike m terms of layout
Beginning always as List in Ihe dne
of I 5 competitors, you must fight your
way through to at least fourth place on
each circuit before qualifying for the
second stage
Each lime you take a fall or if, say,
you're careless enough to let another
nder knock you off. the energy bar on
your handlebars reduces accordingly
Your trusty cycle also has its own bar
- if this reaches the bottom you II find
yourself out of the race and likely as
ll i that Bill .ig.dn' A swift clubbing to
the head ihould relieve those frustration]
not in the knocking shop for some
costly repairs.
Everything I remember playing
on the Megadrive version is here -
the tunes have been watered down a
tut but the colourful and fast-moving
mutt parallax backgrounds are if any-
ihrng enhanced
What about the bike speed
ihen? Wr>ell .. there's really no skirt-
ing around the fact that it s noi very
fast at all - this is quite a major prob-
lem and detracts from the game in a
big way
You see. it s great fun riding
around the five tracks punching
and kicking as many people as you
can. and it s nice to choose a new
bike when you ve won enough
money
The policemen and women
who constantly patrol are a nice
addition, and the occasional cow
on the road adds a touch of
humour But what we really need
from a racing game is speed - if
there's no speed it just doesn't
feel like a race And frankly Road
Rash doesn't
I'm still a fan of the game, but
I m not Wind lo its faults Couple
all the polished elements with
the lack ot speed and the fact
that the later stages are nothing
but more laps around the same
Subtle as ever, the police knock you to
the rtoor for having a faulty tall light
track, and what you have is an original |
fun game that offers not much real d
lenge and soon becomes boring wi"
played for any length of time.
In the euphoria our hero mistakenly believei the handlebari are somewhere above Mi head
Worse than air sickness, it's the...
V I S I O M
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Everything n well drawn and the
backgrounds are dead smart
AUDIO
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Run-of-the-mill bike noise.
Tune* aren't enacBy pumping.
PLAVAOILITV
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Easy to play
but too stow.
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H years ago - Britain was (n the rel-
^tmr atlvely early stages of a deep
sswn, repossessions were on the up.
ployment was spiralling once again.
3 top It all England were knocked out
• World Cup thanks to a pathebc Chris
le penalty. Remember? Its all coming
Isn't it?
■ ftygnosts - a fine upstanding software
■use from the city that gave us the Beatles
mC car theft - took a good look at the sorry
Bees of the people around them, and were
■doened.
What was once a great and happy land
■to awash with gloom - the population
■Med something to make life worth living
nore.
I lo they created Lemmings - a 459,000-
p*?i cartoony puzzle frenzy that was so
■ynal, so funny and so damned addictive
the economic and social problems of
me British Empire were solved overnight.
I OK, so it didn't have quite that much
Ppact - but the vast majority of Amiga and
m owners who played Lemmings found
■wmelves spirited away to a distant plane
■tore the existential problems of humanity
•came much less important than saving
me big-nosed beasts, yes, it went down a
■n
I A year or so later, as discontent began to
pfcsert itself and (he nobs at Psygnosis
pcame bored with the Porsches and Ver-
p> suits that were the fruits of Lemmings, a
ible programmer presented Bernard
His with his next meal ticket - Oh No*
'lemmings, the data disk.
Once again the gaming public went
and even the office cleaners browsed
■t lambourghim showrooms in between
bps to Monte Carlo.
But the clock keeps turning mends, and
mi almost a year since we were blessed for
p* second time with the gormless deaih-
■odging tomfoolery.
Psygnosis - who in the meantime have
■ployed an entirely new staff, since the
(lemming generation' have long since
to luxury villas on the Algarve and
ta Brava - realised that the time was
nn right (or the green-haired sheep
to grace our TVs and monitors, and
duly obliged. The result is a full sequel,
l sports the moniker Lemmings 2,
Of course there will be those sad few
LEMMINGS
Paul Roundell, the closest thing to a lemming
we've got, points the stupid creatures in the
right direction
Much more versatility allows your lemt to jump, float, build and even Are arrows.
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who don't know what Lemmings is all
about, so IK briefly explain. The basic Idea is
to ensure that X amount of Lemmings made
their way safely from one end of a level to
the other.
A major obstacle that stands in your way
is the unshakeable fact that Lemmings are
thick. They're stupid. They just haven't got a
bloody clue mate - over cliffs, off fall blocks,
they just cannot grasp the concept of death.
You must therefore steer the empty-
headed rarely-seen mammals in the direc-
tion of safety, all the time making cunning
use of what few talents they actually do pos-
sess, such as the abilities to jump and dig.
There - now you know.
Anyway. Lemmings 2 is here, and
whereas the prequels had us saving lem-
mings jus: for the sheer notwlrty of it all. we
now have a plot.
The lemmings want to leave their island
home, and must build a big vessel for the
purpose. However, they can't leave without
the fabled magic talisman, and as with most
games nowadays it seems, the talisman is
broken and the pans spread around the var-
ious levels just waiting to be collected
Psygnosis have given their pets loads
more skills this time, and depending on the
situation the lems can Jump, dig, float
upwards on a balloon and even skil
Although the sprites are the same size as
ever, you'll see Beach Lemmings, Polar Lem-
mings, Space Lemmings and others, per-
forming against even better backdrops than
before.
Complete with the harder puzzles and
funky tunes, Lemmings 2 seems set to be a
massive hit on its release in the early New
Year - and of course, the full and unexpur- 1
gated review will appear in all its glory in
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Lemming Island. Can t see why they'd want to leave really. K i nicer than where I live
February 1991
Straight from the morque's makeupdepartment comes
Platform games are all very much
alike, you know. Actually, you've
probably worked this out lor your-
selves by now, haven't you?
Dashing madly through garish land-
scapes. Jumping an strange creatures of
varying size and nastiness to either save a
loved one or to collect the bits of some all-
imporrant machine seems to be about the
sum of most platform plots.
It doesn't stop them selling by the bucket-
load though, so perhaps I should just stop
moaning and get on with doing what I'm
pad for
Nicky Boom has jumped well and truly
on to the bandwagon of dull plots (there I
go again| as we are Informed by the manual
- though not in those exact words
obviously.
Nicky is just your average six-year-old
French boy. spending his days doing what-
ever French boys do |make your own lewd
comments at this pant).
But shock horrorl Nicky's grandad has
been kidnapped by a wicked witch who is
keeping him locked in her dungeon until he
spills the beans about the secrets of the For-
est People, of whom he is custodian
On hearing the news, Nicky immediately
lets go of the kitten he was torturing and
sets off into the (probably enchanted) forest
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P LAVA BID TV
The compknty of the levels
an lead to getting tost now
and then.
ADDICTION
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Nicky Boom was a pleasant
surprise - one 111 come
back to.
Now doe* this boy look the super btro type?
to rescue the senior male patriarch of the
Boom extended family unit. Why he didn't
just didn't tell his dad I don't know, but
anyway. -
The usually friendly and cute forest beast-
Ics have been turned by the witch into her
snarling protectors, so Nicky must - surprise
surprise - jump on their heads to eliminate
them. Sweets and cakes are Uttered around
to give our hero extra strength, and bombs
can be found from ome to time.
On progressing through a number of the
levels. I was surprised by the depth and skil-
ful mapping of the game. There is actually
quite a large. If simple, puzzle element to
the whole affair that I found very addictive.
Sound FX are well above average -
there's even what I think is some French
sampled speech in there - and the
Hon, while over-cute, is unarguably col
and detailed.
Nicky Boom is unlikely to be remem
as an ail-time Amiga great but having
that, it does possess that certain ado
and fun quality that many games
genre lack.
Swahili crop rotation techniques.
SOUNDWARE
Keep m platform mood folks - at
least for now - because it's time
to meet a cute little British bull-
dog called Thomas. Well actually, he's not
particularly cute - in fact to be brutally hon-
est it seems as though this beast has chased
at least half a dozen parked cars too many
Urn, come to think of it. the probability of
Thomas being British is quite remote too,
since Soundware are a German company
and far more likely to plump for a native
canine to fill any vacancies in the hero
department than they are to employ a for-
eign mutt.
He is definitely a bulldog though - oh
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a chance
Now Thomas Is running very fart
yes, a leg at each corner, a stumpy tad at
the back, tlabby jowls and a big 'I am a
bulldog' badge that effectively ends all
speculation.
Having just complained at some length
in the above review about the unoriginality
of platform plots, you will excuse my lack ol
gushing enthusiasm as I briefly outline Tear-
away Thomas Are you ready7 Here we go
- you have to collect stuff and avo»d/jump
on things. Wow, eh?
The items Thomas must collect are dia
monds. which have carelessly been scat-
tered throughout tons of levels by a person
or persons unknown. They're all over the
blooming show - En trees, under bridges
and the more you collect the more points
you earn. Riveting stuff this innit?
I'm a sarcastic old so and so. and to be
fair Tearaway Thomas is actually quite a
nifty little game The fun begins in the
woods near Thomas's home, with most of
the all-important diamonds at first nestling
tantalisingly in the branches of trees
Strange and improbable though it may
seem, bears inhabit the woods of this pic-
Weil no - the truth is. the bears are of
the variety that you might find in a child's
bed. and the only nastiness they exude is
the knack of making Thomas Hash bnefty
and lose energy points should he encounter
one of tf lem.
The rest ol the game is very much in the
same vein, with cute creatures aplenty
adorning brightly coloured cheerful
backgrounds.
Tearaway Thomas might very well find
Itself in the large bunch of also-rans If It
wasn't for one specific feature that lifts it
above many - Its speed. The sprite is one of
the fastest moving I've seen, making the
game far more enjoyable to ptay.
The cuteness of It all means that few
gamers above the age of about ten or
twelve will be impressed, but for the young-
sters among you. Tearaway Thomas is a fun
game along the lines of Doodle Bug.
Paul
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a Wfle awttward.
A D D I C T I O M
ooomm
Yes it's fun, but interest nay
wane sooner rather than later.
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orrect me, if I'm wrong, but l
would think that this is the only
Amiga computer game that has a
vegetable as the hero Before you write in.
yes I know It's a fruit, but is anyone really
bothered what the hell it is?
Bill s Tomato is a puzzle game, but it's
nothing like Lemmings. The idea behind it is
simple - you have to get your tomato from
one side of the screen to another in the set
time limit
There's nothing I like better than a game I
can instantly understand It does sound so
stmple that you might think it's crap. Well, it's
not. Bill's Tomato Game is one of the most
challenging puzzte games I've ever played.
Your tomato starts off on a springboard
and the idea is to get across to another plat-
form situated on the other side of screen.
There is a go/stop icon which amazingly
starts and stops the process of your tomato
being hurled
The only problem is that the springboard
throws your tomato straight up in the air, so
mere's no way the tomato is going to get to
the other side unless some divine mterven-
Don is put into effect The divine interven-
tion comes in the form of fans, springy plat-
forms, jack in the boxes and bncks
As I said before the game is set against
time, so your tomato will never die unless
you don't complete
the puzzle quickly
enough. This enables
you to test where
your tomato lands,
so you know where
to put the objects to
help him across
Easy, huh7 Nah
mate, there are all
manner of evil
objects and beasts
trying to stop you.
Splat!
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Firit level and time lo get down to some vegcubJt/frult
Blimey, the world i flrit trampolining tomato...
These range from annoying wise Japanese
men to fire monsters.
Well, the game is so easy to explain that's
all you really need to know Unless you
want the plot Oh you do, that s good news
because its coming nght up.
The story goes that our hero tomato
dreamed of all things peaceful and quiet
and spending the rest of his days as a
wnnkly tomato with his beautiful girlfnend
On the way to the dreaded greengro-
cers, our hero decides it s time to an and
jumps with his girlfnend out of the van that
was transporting them there
Now without a care in the world, our
tomato friends
dreamed of that little
house in the hills
with 2.4 little
tomatoes bouncing
around their feet.
This is where dis-
aster strikes. Mr
Squirrel IS overly
fond of our red
chums, spies our
hero's girlfriend and decides to kidnap her
Our hero is now distressed and decides to
wage war against Mr Squirrel
So. off he sets up Mr Squirrels tree to save
his girlfnend. Will he succeed and be forever
happy or will he gel to the top of the tree
and find that she's been made into a salad?
OK, so there's the plot Oh stop laugh-
ing, its not that unbelievable, well OK it is.
but don't tell the tomatoes, you'll hurt their
feeHngs.
So, is Bill's Tomato Game any good? Well,
yes and no. Yes, because of the original idea,
the great graphics and the delightful bttle tune
No, because after a while it does get a txt
monotonous and a lime bonng.
If you're waiting for Lemmings 2 as your
next puzzle game then Id strongly recom-
mend Bill's Tomato's as something to be get-
ting on with. Ketch up on Bill's Tomato
Game, it's a reet smart laff to while the
hours away.
Jonathan
Ah. move over tomato and let Jimi take over
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Delightful cutesy graphics *rW
some great badtdropi.
AUDIO
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f*ce mr*, bm if ycu (torn. Ike* you
know where the *c*ime wntfi is.
P L A y A B I LITV
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Mouse controls are easy to
use. Good for a youngster
A D D I C T I O
00O
Fairly addictive, but does get
slightr* monotonous-
N
Ah, wile old man
tell me the secret
of the tomato...
§1
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When we learned that the
kindly Gremlin person was to
pay us a visit last week, a
wave of anticipation swept through the
office.
We'd been looking forward to the arrival
of the much talked about Nigel Manse"
World Championship for weeks, and since I
had long since scheduled myself to review it
I was delighted at the prospect of a Friday
afternoon swerving round the circuits and
generally being a right pain in the aerofoil.
Somebody asked if he was bringing "that
football management game" as well. J
I replied, uninterested. ' Uh. yeah... I sup-
pose so* - and promptly returned lo that
smail place in my mind where I had already
begun tuning my Williams.
Well, Gremlin Man duly arrived and I
could literally smell the fumes from that ultra-
powered engine as he neared the Gamer
hovel - he swore blind it wasn't his after-
shave With the Mansell box nestit*
mgly under his arm we exchanged
ings. and then before I knew wh<
happening he hit me with the b*
"All right, shall we have a look at
Manager first then7'
What? Premier who? Was this some
of joke? Now. I'm happy to look at,
about any computer game - it's m?
after all - but when you have a ,
licence thnll-'em-up such as Nigel M:
your disposal, a football management a
starts to look a bit poxy.
There was nothing for it - Biff wasi
oiled in for this one. so over he came ■
talked through it, while I perched ^
tienily beside him
Up to four players can take parti
learned, and I was invited to join in thai
liable managenal feast
This was at eleven o'clock. Six h(
later, long after Gremlin Man had en
4
Famous footballing quotes no. 78 - Tommy Docherty:
"Well I didn't know she was your wife!"
GREMLIN ■ £25.99 ■ 1 meg ■ Mouse ■ Out now
OPERATION SCREEN
This is the main screen, from which all the major features of the game are controll
Finance, club staff, transfer markets, player profiles, league tables and more are
accessed from this point.
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OK, so we're Wycombe Wanderers, and
here Ii the motley crew that constitute*
our team. A team Is ranked through five
varying levels of fair, good, very good
and superb, and through world class,
exceptional and finally The Ultimate.
As you can see. we've got a long way
to go - think we d better check out the
"ansfer market.
FINANCE
Before we can splash out on any new
players, it might be an idea to consult
our finances. It might look like a lot of
money - but good players don't come
cheap, and wages, bills and ground
repairs won t take care of themselves
either.
Loans are available, but interest rates
are high, so be warned.
peared and Biff was arranging his lift home.
I was still doggedly guiding the mighty
Wycombe Wanderers through the league
and cups - bladder full, lunch uneaten, and
Nigel Mansell discarded and untouched
Needless to say, some hectic workload
juggling and rapid arm-twisting - not to
mention bribing - took place in order that I
could review this masterpiece, and thus fur-
ther my excuse for paying it lots more.
I understand that Mansell has now been
opened and will be reviewed by someone
,«f other in this issue, but frankly I just don't
care anymore... I'm in love.
Let's just clear one thing up before we
go on. if this were a review of computerised
chess, and you couldn't play, it wouldn't
lotd too much interest for you would rt7
Similarly, those who loathe football are
unlikely to be swayed by even my enthusas-
oc persuasiveness - but hey- read on... you
never know.
You begin your career as the manager of
i GM Vauxhall Conference League team -
He choice of exactly which is yours - and
He basic aim is to achieve as much success
* possible from your humble beginnings,
noping eventually to become Premier
League champs and maybe even win the
European Cup.
Not only will you utilise all of your
mighty managerial skills, but a goodly
amount of business acumen is required too.
in order to ensure the overall stability of the
dub.
Premier Manager has got so many fea-
tures that I realfy don't know where to start
so look at the boxes littered around this
page for a run-down of the game's various
features. This isn't all of it by any means - 1
haven! even touched upon the cup compe-
titions or injuries or... I could go on.
Most people who do follow football are
likely to support a league team, and may be
disappointed that they can't jump straight
into the game as Liverpool or Man United.
In fact the only way in which you can
change clubs is by being offered a new
GROUND IMPROVEMENTS
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TRANSFER MARKET
Having kidded ourselves that we can
afford to spend, it's time to see just
what's for sale. All team details are cor-
rect to within a few months, and there
are plenty of famous names up for
grabs.
By clicking on the magnifying glass
icon more detailed information - and
the asking price, gulp! - can be learned.
position a[ the end of a season - obviously
dependent upon how well you fared. This
doesn't detract from the game in any way.
and if anything only makes the whole thing
more realistic - let's face it - Liverpool versus
Stafybndge Celtic in the Conference league
isn t really likely, is it?
If you are a fan of this kind of thing, or
have been disappointed by previous
attempts - indeed even if you are an Eskimo
hermit living on a glacier above a Norwe-
gian hamlet with no access to electricity -
buy this game.
Buy iL buy il buy it. I love Premier Man-
ager so much I want to have its babies.
Paul
SPONSORSHIP
This is the most frequent and lucrative
form of income available. Companies will
be queuing up to sponsor you at the
beginning of the season (even the odd
quality magazine!) but a string of poor
results will soon see the support drop.
Check for new sponsors after every
couple of matches.
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AUDIO
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Nice samples and footy crowd
noses, but again, what else
couW there be?
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Once you have made sure your team is
training hard, you're almost ready to
>ay the first match. Have a look at the
apposing team first - they're ranked in
»» same way as your own team - and
let your formation and playing style
according to your strengths and their
•eaknesses. This should be a walkover!
THE MATCH!
Yes. I know the game screen is small,
but it's the result that matters. The
match can be played at six speeds; the
slowest is about 1/4 real time, the
fastest about 30 seconds.
The name of the player currently on
the ball is displayed, as are those of the
scorers. Substitutions can be made at
any time and - oh... I've lost.
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Vou could be forgiven for thinking that
you had a team of slackers after that per-
formance! Phone the coach to ensure
your players are being property trained.
All players can train to either shoot,
tackle, pass or handle (advisable for
goalies only!). On returning from injury,
a player will not train until instructed to
do so - keep a check.
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Hang about - what's all this? We're in
Division I! Well, I did tell you I spent a
lot of time on this game. It's all very well
being in Division 1, but a look at my
finances at this stage would show a bal-
ance that's £7 million in the red.
Excuse me while I go and sort it out.
Oh by the way, Gremlin Cheat I is just
my nickname - honest.
Febfuaiyi993
It's nice to see a company ihat has
thought of a different way to produce
a sequel to a game instead of adding
the usual Ill's after the name of the old
game
Millenium have done a bit of lateral think-
ing and produced Aquatic Games, the
sequel to the classic James Pond.
Old James is a bit knackered after doing
this spy lark, so he decides to go get a bit of
reiaxaoon in. But there will be none of this
namby-pamby lying around on a beach rub-
bish Old James wants some good whole-
some exercise - sad but true. So where bet-
ter to get the exercise he's after than at the
Aquatic Games?
For some reason you don't play James in
ail of these events, ft ran t stressed who you
are but it's not really mat important - all I
know is that all of the competitors are sup-
posed to be friends of James.
The first event is just a sprint, which
entails the usual obscene waggling of the
joystick, but you are not running on a track -
that's much too easy.
For the most part of the race you are run-
ning on water so If you slow down you will
Sin*. You are racing against a frog who is
pretty speedy
Event two - Feeding time. You play a
tubby character standing on a bndge. and
you have to fill up your bucket and feed the
fish that poke their head out of the water.
Next up is the Grass Race. A fnend of old
Jimmy's is a unicycling shark - everybody
should have a unicycling shark for a mend,
but alas we don't.
You have to pedal his unicycle along the
course and jump over all the different obsta-
cles that stand In your way. The course runs
from left to right like the spnnt but it has lots
of hills and things that you've got to pedal
up.
I found the control method on this a bit
tricky. It's like trying to rub your stomach
while patting your head. You have to pull
im nivnt
state
Jusi what
doe: James
think he H
doing this
walking on
water stuff?
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GAMES
Squelchy Pursuits
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the joystick round in a clockwise fasM
thats fine until you have to jump
obstacle, when it s a bit tricky too keepl
momentum gang.
Reading the list of the various evemi
make you think that they re pretty wfl|
you'd be nght After the Grass Race you ■
Kipper Watching which is almost as tm
as it sounds. You are in charge of sa 1
who are having a kip (a nap to our soufl
fnends|.
The rowdy beach people keep throa
beach balls at our comatose friends 4
stop them waking you have to jump upj
deflect the balls away with your head nl
seal style.
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a couple of adaptabons to normal evi
like Leapfrog which is just a version of
11 0-metre hurdle.
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section of the games, the first I have d
seen. You have to go through all thej
pieces like a proper trampolinist Once ||
have done the set moves in the time gm
any extra somersaults you do give you a
points.
By far the trickiest game in the tourt
ment is the shell shooting section. Odttti
mg crabs come at you from either side of I
screen, and you score points by flipping I
catching them, flipping them into vats off
oil or shopping them to burst the overff
balloons. I always seem to get electrooj
by the electric eel-type things.
I liked the Aquatic Games a lot - gra|
cally they're sound and the FX are cm
amusing in places. Its a nice change H
rurvof-the-mjll sports games.
I also thought that the practice op.
were a hell of a lot better than normi
Instead of the usual one practice mode tn|
are three on different levels, so if you ri
real sJowy like me you can go on the th4
level first. Well thought out and good fun
VISION
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Lovely cartoon-like graph**
thai raise a smile
Shell catthing... very relaxing
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Sponge frolic s abound
Be careful on the ipongei
AUDIO
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Cool little tunes and some
good sound FX
PLAVABI LITV
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A welcome change from your
normal sports game.
A D D I C T I O M
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Good fun, but you could lose
interest after a while.
80*
Feed the fiih to keep em down. All very mrreal
febtuary 1993
Wonder Mash - Walker geti a stuffing
A hearty ilap on !he back is
•eserved by Psygnosis for
•his one I think. After their
ecent run of turkeys this
:ne looks like is could be the
»ne to break the deadlock.
How many of you readers
•ut there aged between 17
Mid 1 8 collected Star Wars fig-
ures In your youth? Quite a m
'ew I would expect, and if you m
really saved up you pocket *
noney you could get the Mille-
nium Falcon or a Scout Walker.
If you are either too old or too
young to have had Star Wars figures
?hen you are bound to have seen
Beturn of the Jedi, the last instalment
of the Star Wars trilogy. On this film
appeared Scout Walkers, large
ungainly machines which walked on
*wo legs and took a two-man crew.
This Scout Walker and the subject
of Psygnosis s new game have rather
*n uncanny resemblance. But Biffa
and I are not bothered what the
jame looks like in relation to other
things.
On screen. Walker is a lateral
■eroding shoot- em-up stroke strategy
3*me. a simple, get-to-the-end-of-the-
tevel-and-klll-the-big-guy sort of thing.
You. being the single-man crew,
lave to get to the end by guiding
four machine with a simple left to
nght movement and using the mouse
to aim your gun.
It's a bit of a tricky control method
*t first but it's challenging instead of
irritating. Also ft quite fun having
>ne person on the controls and one
□□b3BD
Star Wars flashback
I 1
Granny Smith drives to the ihopi
on the guns - a bit less challenging
but you can enjoy the carnage more.
Walker is also another poke in the
eye for the myth that says you must
have good graphics for a good game.
While being graphically sound as far
as the background and the Walker
itself go. the graphics are a fair and
smooth representation of the pro-
grammer's idea. The enemy troop,
however, are nothing more than
badly-drawn lemmings, if that. But
they are well animated, and they cer-
tainly do the job of doing you in.
4 1
Stuffed again, by thi
1 little guys on the floor
They run at you with
admirable stupidity and
chuck grenades in your
general direction.
Some of them fly heft
* copters, some of them
even climb up the back
of your machine and
plant bombs. Not satis-
fied with grenades
they fly helicopters,
drive lorries, bombers
and various other
mechanical armaments.
Graphically the animation on the
helicopters and the other ground
vehicles is pretty but I was really
impressed with the sound. When your
guns overheat there is wonderful sam-
ple of predator when one of the sol-
diers is firing an empty gun (you
smart sod - Ed).
The other really Impressive bit of
sound is when the helicopters fly on -
you get the sampled sound of a heli-
copter and some really dodgy funk
music banging away in the background.
On the finished version of Walker
you II be able to view out of the cock-
pit of the Walker while ft is moving, as
well as the side view.
I'm not sure what the point
of this will be - seeing as the
head is swinging around all the
time it might be a bit of problem look-
ing at what you are doing but, let's
wait and see.
When the full version of Walker hits
the streets it should be a stonker and
it shouldn't be too far off.
Ben
o, I'm not going to mention the
spelling - dubious though it is —
or aim any cheap puns at the
French developers who ought to have spent
a little more time ponng over their English
dictionanes. especially since they made a
similar mistake last time with the original
Gobtiins.
t'm not going to do that at all, Put if I was
going to, I'd say this - the spelling is ridicu-
lous and our cross-Channel cousins are
completely daft
It's not long since we reviewed Gooliins.
but already those industrious bods at Coktel
Vision have come up with yet another
adventure for our erstwhile elfen fnends.
At least this is what one would assume.
On closer inspection though, it transpires
that rwo altogether new GoWims (no letters
about the spelling please - it's all correct I
assure you) have replaced the onginal three.
This makes Gooliins 2 a sequel something
along the lines of that fabled movie
Grease 2. whereby an already dubious story-
line was minutely changed and similar char-
acters introduced in order to milk the profits
even further
The king Goblin (let's just dispense with
the silly spelling for now. eh7| has had his
son kidnapped by the nasty and evil Amo-
niak, who J still narked off over being
defeated in a battle by the king some 50
years earlier.
To complete the king s humiliation. Amo-
niak has made the king's son his jester, and
although new to the job the now Prince
Buffoon is said to be already challenging
such comic legends as Shane Ritchie and
Andrew O'Connor for the title of funniest
man in the world.
This is all well and good, but the king
would rather like his son back, so he can
once again engage in the customary royal
duties of weanng maroon pantaloons and
having his fnends beheaded for beating him
at hopscotch,
A problem is the fact that Amoniak has
Still spelled wrong, but getting closer
COKTEL VISION ■ £29.99
Who said video games didn't intite violent tendencies?
about four million ferocious beasts protect-
ing himself and the prince at all times.
Of course the only people stupid enough
to attempt the unlikely rescue are a couple
of dedicated Goblins, winkle and Fingus.
Winkle fancies himself as something of a
card - he's a cheeky young fella and tends
to get a good drubbing at some point from
just about everybody he encounters.
Fingus is the gentleman
of the two - a kind of Sid
Little to Winkle's Eddie
Large If you like, the
difference being Fingus
doesn't attempt to play a
guitar only to be disturbed
by Winkle's comedy banter,
as was the ilk the with
aforementioned duo. But
enough of these comedianit allegories, and
onto the game.
Those who have played the original will
be famttiar with the gameplay. but will prob-
ably be thankful that this sequel sports one
less sprite, and is therefore less fiddly to
control.
Since the whole point is to rescue the
dippy pnnce, who as mentioned is under
extremely heavy guard, most of the game
involves overcoming various guardians in
finding your way to his captor
The goblins must wort together lo solve
the puzzles - in a specific order in some
cases - and although frustrating at times,
there are loads of humorous asides that take
away some of that "Aarrgghhf ..* element
that quite often causes serious malfunctions
in machinery due to its being repeatedly
■ Out now
bludgeoned by a variation of heavy h
hold implements.
Despite their being two characK
manipulate, the point-and-click com
very user friendly A nice touch I fount
the Notepad option which allows yi
record any pieces of pertinent mformattfl
An irksome feature that occurs in a gc
many games of this nature Is that some
the puzzles are quite bizarre and not Xi
logical and Goblitns 2 is no exception
Thankfully the superb cartoon gr-
and funny FX (not the mustc mind - art
of for God's sake) more than compensaB
Hardened adventurers are unlikeff
sustain major brain damage in altem
to complete the game, though the joT
it all will more than satisfy
In short Gooliins 2 is a hilarious
ture that will provide a good few
chuckles and hair-pulls for just about
game fan
V I S I O M
ooooo
Lovely graphics, and just check
out the expressions on
those laces!
AUDIO
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Owery chattery speech and
runny FX, but those
tunes - aarrgghh!
P L A V A
LITV
oooo#
Once you're used to
controlling both guys together,
you're awav-
ADDICTION
GOOO*
Could be an easy ride tor
experts, but you won! want to
leave unB it's over.
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DALEK ATTAC
Steve Wright. In the afternoon is
protected under copyright -
nineteen ninetee twoo...
LEAVE HIT!!
Unless you tune in to Radio One
between three and six on weekdays
you could be forgiven for believing
that the cheap but cheerful adver-
saries of Doctor Who had dropped off
the face of the planet.
Call it sentimentality, call it a cheap
way of filling air time, but all things
Who-Iike are going through some-
thing of a comeback at the moment.
Re-runs of the old Doctor Who
series are popping up not only on UK
Gold, which will readily show any old
pap, but also on the rather more cred-
ible terrestrial outlet. 8BC2.
And now, to top it all. Admiral soft-
ware - little brother of education and
budget specialists Alternative - are
releasing for our delectation the game
of the favourite foe, Dalek Attack.
I remember when I was about four
or five years old and Jon Pertwee was
our erstwhile do-gooder from the
planet Gallefry. We got a coloured
television aroundthis time.
It took my mum about three weeks
to peel me from the living room ceil-
ing after I discovered for the first time
that the monsters weren't all black
and white after all. Potty training was
set back months, I m telling you.
Like all Doctor Who fans, I was
enthralled by the scary and futuristic-
looking Daleks (this was around 1974
remember), but even at this tender
age was a little confused as to how
these robotic wash tubs could navi-
gate a terrain full of potholes and
contours on wheels the size of ha pen-
nies. Despite their dodgy synthesised
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voices and point blank refusal to implement being
adhere to even the simplest laws of the Doctor is ne\
physics though, the Daleks were, and said that, one bl
remain the favourite and most recog- driver and the ba
nlsed of all the Ooctor s adversaries, dead to me - rr
Davros, the • j_
Dalek leader and " ,
part-time kebab r m
shop proprietor, - I 4^^-^ V /*
has wheeled him- I J * flu
self out of retire- ^^^^k *H # # , ^
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for yet more ft"™,' ♦ *
outer-planetary ~ ^j~ ^rrr~^ - - - • —
evil. Well actually IW^ ^J *'lii« P * Wt
it s more like £€Q*«lijS^HSwLiiMfrr\
inner-planetary mt it S(lif0 _ or „ Tokyo? Well anyway, that s a
evil, because he S spaceship. Or maybe a satellite
attempting to
destroy the earth s ozone layer with travel through Pi
the help of his evil minions. York before finall
Somebody should have told him home planet of D.
that the job s already been taken - Each level is \
most of the population are undertak- whole game is qu
ing it on a voluntary part-time basis - the start. Noth
but anyway, that s what he s doing, report in the gam
and hes happy, bless him. of the nasties |a
As usual, it's up to the Doctor to which are obviou
foil this dastardly plan, doing what tional fashion, f
he does best, which is... er, just what and other useful i
does he do exactly, apart from run The Doctor hin
around forbidding landscapes with an tile chap - jump
assortment of hapless assistants, that hanging off ledge
is? Well anyway, let's just say the poor old Sylveste
Doctor must foil his plans, and leave in the grave his i
it at that. if faced with c
Dalek Attack Is a five-level multi- these,
scrolling shoot- em-up. Oops - no, Speaking of S
stop right there - it isnt a shoot- em- three Doctors yoi
up at all, because if memory serves the others being '
me correctly, Doctor Who is a pacifist. with daft sc;
It's a sonic screwdriver- em-up, this Trough ion In tv
implement being the trusty tool that
the Doctor is never without. Having
said that, one blast from his screw-
driver and the baddies certainly look
dead to me - maybe they re just
mildly con-
_ cussed and
ftjf suffer no seri-
W** il/.y ; effects. Oh
jpaSBS As I was say-
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IflEBfcfVWr the game is set
Well any*ay. (hat s a over ,ive level1
tt - beginning in
London, we
travel through Paris, Tokyo and New
York before finally arriving on Skaro,
home planet of Davros.
Each level is very large, and the
whole game is quite a challenge from
the start. Nothing much new to
report in the gameplay area - dispose
of the nasties |a large proportion of
which are obviously Daleks) in tradi-
tional fashion, picking up bonuses
and other useful items as you go.
The Doctor himself is a very versa-
tile chap - jumping from buildings,
hanging off ledges and scaling walls -
poor old Sylvester McCoy would turn
in the grave his career was buried in
if faced with challenges such as
these.
Speaking of Sly. hes one of the
three Doctors you can choose to be -
the others being Tom Baker (complete
with daft scarf) and Patrick
Troughton. In two-player mode you
even have a choice of which assistant
you want to take, although thank-
fully Bonnie Langford isn t included.
Good God - it II be Lionel Blair as the
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In typical NV fashion, the Doctor is assaulted
by a Mm crack head
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neighbours. Vou don I have a spare smh
plunger do you?
Dodgy character this one - kept
winking at me he did!
Doctor next,
There will be those who critic
the graphics for being flat. It's **.
that a few parallax backgrour
could only have enhanced the g«"
but I was more than impressed *
the level of detail, and the realism -
the city backdrops, particularly :■
part where the Doctor gets flattee-
by a New York yellow cab.
It s not often we mention price t>
in a review, the idea being thai
game either will or won t stand up
its own merits. Dalek Attack is a*
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and it's time to spend some serious money, but if you
fancy keeping those moths in your wallet a little longer,
here's a whole plethora of budgets, you old misers
-•IS
Ben's selection
Battle Hawks
Kixx XL ■ £12.99
Jus: when you thought that the old war ghosts had laid
down and died, along comes another dodgy war game to
dredge them all up again. Not only that but it's got one of
the most ridiculous copy protections ever
It s a flight simulation in which you can fly in famous
battles, so If you Wee the old war games then this one is for you looking at the manual you would U
this is history lesson rather than a game.
It goes into great detail about all of the planes used in the great baffles of the Second World War.
it doesn t stop at the manual - it goes nght though all the game.
First you have to choose which plane you are going to fly. There's a pretty awesome collection. •
not just the English and American planes - there are a couple of Japanese ones too. Then choose
mission, whether it be drve bombing or torpedoing, and tally ho.
One of the best aspects of this game is the mouse control of the
plane. Usually the mouse is way too responsive for the plane but Kixx
seem to have got It right on the head. The rest of the controls are good
too - not too many for the game to* get ridiculous and not too few for it
to lose depth The screen updates quite fast too which was a nice sur-
prise, even thought the graphics aren t particularly stunning. For war
game fans exclusively.
Prince of Persia
Hit Sqaud ■ £7.99
This is one game that gives other computer own-
ers a swift sharp poke in the eye with a pointy
suck Graphically Prince of Persia is brill, with
extremely smooth scrolling.
So it's Persia, the Sultan has done a bunk and is
fighting some war somewhere and the Grand Vizier Jaffar has taken over and is exploiting the people
to an enormous degree.
So enough about where I work, what about the game? You have to rescue the princess from where
she is imprisoned, destined to marry Jaffar.
It s a very platform-or*nted game but dont let that put you off if you aren't really a fan of platform
games. You begin your quest in the middle of the castle. You are unarmed so the first thing to do is
find a sword For the most pari it's a case of running around and jumping. But you have to be really
careful because ihere are a lot of unsafe floor tiles - some of ihem open up new rooms to explore and
some of them will dump you on huge spikes.
So lets say you've got the sword. Now you can start chopping lit-
tle bits off people. Most of tfw baddies you encounter are pretty easy
to dispatch when you ve got the sword and there are only a couple
of moves to master Prince of Persia would be a pretty nondescript
game if it weren't for the graphics, which make it a good buy
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Trivial Pursuit
Hit squad ■ £7.99
I have lo say that as a rule, I would
much rather play a board game than
a computer game. It may make me
look like a boring old fan. but there
it is
To persuade people like me to play their poxy computer games, software houses
have started producing board games on computers. Well I don't care. I won't play
Foremost of these compu-board games is Trivial Pursuits A classic game up there
with Monopoly, Ouedo and Snakes and Ladders - but does it work?
Well I will tell you now that there Is a f*r difference between this and the normal
board version Instead of using dice the game uses darts to determine a random
score. When you move your piece the places you can
move to are highlighted
One thing I really liked about Ihe game is that you gWr\b f A A/
can set a time limit - something whtch is lacking on Wi'-^ift 1 /II /ft
the board game iftiWM/ (V/v
There is a question master called TP - an annoying 1 f U^ffr
litde bloke but he does the job I'm miserable, cos I — ~t-&i
prefer the board game, but rt is a fair conversion. .£ n "2, . _PfeP
Biffa's selection
Switchblade
GBH Gold" £9.99
This sequel 10 the classic Swirchbiade was drooled all over by
the computer pms and is still just as sexy today as it was
way back then
The story goes like this. Havoc has been living up to his
name arid has deeded to take over control of the Cyberworld. The only person who can possibly save the
worw fi a Blade Knight and it just so happens that a chap called Hiro is the only living Blade Knight m the
*no*e world And guess what? He lives just around the comer from Havoc.
Cue platform romparama which involves our Japanese hero kicking some robot and other such nasties
until he gets to wreck Havoc's deadly plans.
One of ihe best platformers you're ever likely to see - it's certainly on my
top five list of platform games.
The graphics and sound are brilliant plus the level of ptayabilrty is simply
stunning. The game is a nghi loughy to complete - believe you me. it wtf
take you more than a couple of goes to finish it.
/f^wV Some things do improve with age and Switchblade 2 is one of them
k=*»SbanJ Absolutely bloody brilliant.
Supcrcars
GBH Gold ■ £9.99
Are you soil sadly mourning tne disappearance of NkgH ManseH from
Formula One Grand Prix racing? Are you weeping because that nasty
Ayrton Senna rammed our Nige in the last race of the season?
Are you crying because Nigel is gong to make millions while driv-
ing lor Paul Newman and win be that rich that he wil be able to fill up his swimming pool with champagne
and use £50 notes as toilet paper?
Well are you? Do you need a mce little budget racing game to take your frustration out on? if you answered
•yes' rhen with a bit of luck., here* SupercarsZ.
instead of just simply racing around the track, you can also blow up other competitors using vanous violent
weapons. Good fun, eh? $upe/ta*s was the original game and there are loads
of differences between Super-can 2 and its predecessor. One is the graphics
which are a lot smaller, but are more detailed.
Personally I don't think it's as playable as the original. You tend to concen-
trate on krtling your opponent rather than winning the race. Apart from that
Supercars is a really good car game and is well worth buying, it's good, but
not that good!
RVF Honda
Kixx ■ £9.99
I lost my sacred copy of RVF Honda about two years ago. so imag-
ine the srmle on my face when « arrived in the office last week.
Yes. it's been reweleased on the Kixx budget label and I'm as
happy as larry.
RVF Honda is one of my all-orne favourite games. I thin* it s
because when I asked my parents for a motorbike they said "No", so I sobbed for a bit and then found RVF Honda
at my local computer games store and K cheered me up no end
I raced around some of the greatest tracks in the world, gasping for breath as I went around comers and
screaming as I was flung from my bike crashing into a rree due to wl spillage on
the track
All my emotions and senses were being put into overdrive. It has great
graphics, good sound, but it is as playable as something that is so playable it's
banned. Addiction-wise you couldrit go far wrong - it certainly kept me enter-
tained for weeks and weeks
RVF Honda is bnlliant and for only a tenner you'd be a complete fool not to
buy it
Midwinter
Kixx XL • £12.99
Cor lumme Mr Watts, if it »sn t ivWwintef Now here Is a game that I've
heard a lot about but never actually played Until now that is.
MKlwinter is essentially a strategy game, but it does have some ele-
ments ol action lumped into It
You play the role of John Stark and you have lo travel across the icy
wastes getting together a team of crack commandos to destroy the evil enemy.
Who the evil enemy is l haven't a due, because somebody has lost the manual. You get the idea though, got
agamst evil and good has to save the world.
The action bits are presented in a 3D polygon style - >i any o' you nave
seen the 3D Construction Kit you'll know what I mean Unlortunately the
game is showtng IB age. It does hold your interest for a couple of fours and
then it lends to get a bit monotonous and boring
If you like this type of game then you It already have Midwinter. One inter-
esting thing is the price Midwinter will tost you EI2.99 - £3 more (han your
norma' budget game Hmm. a little bit much for a game that \ a few years
okl and showing Its age
GAMER*
One of ihe biggest disappoint-
ments o' my life came when I
was about seven or eight years
old. I think it was Halloween, but it might
have been Christmas, and occurred at a
fancy dress party held at our local parish
church.
Now my mum is dead good at sewing
and had spent days working on what
turned out to be an absolutely top wizard's
outfit - pomty hat. moon-and-stars jacket,
magic wand - the lot.
I was a bit shy as a lad and didnt really
want to go. but after a little persuasfon and
the threat of a spanked bottom, along I tod-
died m all my regalia.
On arriving my mood improved almost
instantly, not only because I spied the
Grandstand 'Pong" video game and numer-
ous chocolate treats that constituted the
prizes, but because all the other kids outfits
were completefy cacfc
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around Ihe parish hall in dress that looked
about as fancy as a Michael Foot overcoat
Pong was mine for the taking!
When it was ome for the prize giving I sat
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The arrival of Amos Professional has caused
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been reading about it will have noticed how
much atleniion is given to the ARexx interface -
and rightly so.
The problem with Amos for many program-
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Amiga environment Adding an ARexx interface
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environmeni, while at the same time allowing it
to live up to its name as an alternative AMiga
Operating System.
The thing with Amos is that it makes so many
things so easy - it can almost be viewed as an
application generator (like CanDo for instance)
rather than a language.
For instance, it offers split screens that are not
available under Intuition, it has automatic dou-
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interfaces.
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port ARexx these days, and it is nice to know that
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had to offer.
First of all, if you are using Amos Pro directly
from its boot disk, then you will have to load up
ARexx separately, using the "rexxmast" com-
mand, but if you have been following this series
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ing from Workbench 2.0, then, of course. ARexx
should already be running.
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programs communicating
with an unprecedented
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discusses a minor I
revolution
of the Amiga's operating systeml Any program
that could be launched from the CLI can also be
launched from within Amos, eg:
[lie 'dfltiydlrfiyprojrin-
Rexxmast can be started like this if necessary.
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command should go.
The default is NIL:. This option was not work-
ing on my version of Amos, but a small bug like
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will be fixed soon.
If you want to redirect the output of your
"Exec" command to a file or window, you can
slill do so by using the slandard DOS redirection
operator >, eg:
lie >t:t»o'ilc "dO:fyt>rog"
But since this article is about the ARexx inter-
face, why am I concerning myself so much with
the CU interface? You will see in a minute.
The following Amos instructions and functions
are provided for direct support of ARexx:
ARexx Open - Open a special ARexx port
ARexx Close - Close the ARexx port.
ARexx Exist - Check if a port is really there.
ARexx Wait - Wait patiently for an ARexx mes-
sage at the special port.
=ARexx - Return the status of any messages at
the port.
=ARexx$(n) - Return Ihe nth ARexx argument
string.
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and set the return code.
As you can see they are useful for opening an
ARexx port and receiving ARexx messages. They
correspond roughly to the equivalent functions
of the rexxsupport. library, which we have
already seen, but are even simpler, since only the
specially opened port is checked.
These commands are meant to be used inside
a loop which constantly checks if any new mes-
sages have arrived, and processes them as they
come in. The technique has been fully described
in the Oct '92 issue.
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all fine for receiving ARexx commands, but what
Nine pages of applications
for ihe Amiga
ARexx 1 1 53
Communication's the name
of the game, as Alex Gian
gets his teeth into Amos Pro
DTV 155
As far as video trickery is
concerned, the Amiga is the
ideal machine. Paul Austin
surveys its abilities
PROGRAMMING 157
Take a leaf out of Margaret
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MUSIC 1 59
fok/ng your first steps in
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best software
CbMMS 161
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Looking to write an original
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DTP m 16?
'flip art is the saviour of the
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tor time. Ben Pointer looks
at some of the best available
MULTIMBbAa • 1 67
Ever wondered how software
■ gets from an Amiga to a
shiny plastic disk? Jultys
Alexander explains \
The ARexx Library
Calling all ARexx programmers. . .
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J SILT
ARexx
if I want lo send an ARexx message?"
A good question! After all, since we are likely
to be using Amos as a front end. il is probably
more important to send commands out, than lo
receive them. That is, you are more likely to want
lo use Amos to control other programs, than the
other way round.
Interestingly, there is no direct way to send
ARexx messages out. There is no equivalent of
the ARexx instruction "ADDRESS", or any other
means of accessing external host ports.
As a result you are left with an ARexx interface
that is well implemented, but only half there. I
am almost led to suspect that the designers of
the ARexx interface were not 'ully aware of the
possibilities of ARexx.
For the time being, if you want to send out
ARexx messages you will have to resort to the
"Exec" command which we have already
mentioned.
Instead of sending out an ARexx command
directly from Amos, you write an ARexx script
that does the job, and launch it from Amos. II
your script is called sendcommand.rexx , then
this will do the trick:
Eitc "n tint
Vour ARexx script must be saved In the rexx:
directory, otherwise you must specify the full
path. Small command sequences can also be sent
directly as strings, but you must remember to
embed the quotation mark, eg:
£.ec -n •»Chrl(It)«"ie<'Oi 'PHTJ- 'HJf
As you can imagine, the above process is not
the most elegant, and also slows down the ARexx
messages, since they have lo go through the
DOS layer.
If you want your ARexx scripts lo run asyn-
chronously, you can launch them using the:
Eitc ''we n '-itilii
CO
mbination. Script outputs can be redirected
Ama\ Pro with iti Uoi
IMerttKt tan now be
looked upon 01 an
appikalkmi gmetotat
(and saved) to f
later use.
Does this
mean that Amos
ARexx port is a fail
ure? Not in my
view. The fea-
tures provided
are sufficient for
the occasional
user, and pro-
grammers who
need more can
easily create it.
I am also certain
that we will see
many extensions lo
Amos Pro, and better
ARexx facilities will
appear if they are needed.
In other words (or to put it
bluntly), Amos Pro is a fully- ^f^fW-VS
fledged language, rather than a
special-purpose application gen-
erator, and if you need a custom ARexx interface,
you will have to program it yourself, either in
Amos, or more probably in assembler.
|usl as in any other language, the standard
message-passing and port handling routines of
the exec. library apply; so do the ARexx message
rules of the rexxsyslib.library.
I managed to write a routine
to invoke ARexx macros
directly in just a few lines of
Amos code. Macros can be
either commands or functions
and results are returned as
Amos Basic strings.
That's more like ill Now I
can use my library of spe-
cialised string-processing
ARexx macros from within
Amos. Without this feature I
would have had to rewrite
them all in Basic - that would
certainly have put me off using
Amos as a front-end.
More purpose-built Amos-
ARexx interfaces are bound to
appear in the future. There is a
large area to explore. Celling
Amos to co-operate with olher
Amiga programs via ARexx is going to be more in
the domain of so-called serious programming, so
a bit of DIY is only natural at the beginning.
As someone who is interested in using Amos
Pro as a front-end for applications, I like it. Be
prepared to see some really interesting programs.
The potential is certainly there.
An apology
In a previous article (Oct '92), I described the
ARex< interface of Cold Disk's HyperBook.
At the time I said that despite having one of
Ihe best ARexx interfaces 1 have ever seen, there
were minor problems with WorkBench 2.0. 1 am
pleased to say that Cold Disk have in lact cor-
rected this.
While it does not have the advanced graphics
abilities of a CanDo or Amos, HyperBook still
remains one ol the most charmingly simple pre-
sentation packages to use.
Us excellent ARexx interface also allows it to
be hooked up to all sorts of things. My apologies
to anyone who may have been put off. Resl
assured that HyperBook now works just fine with
Workbench 2.0.
Programming interfaces
There is good news for those that would like to program their
own interfaces - Amos Pro supports assembly code at two levels.
firstly, you can open any Amiga library, stuff ihe processor reg-
isters, and call any function, simply by specifying its offset. Special
facilities are provided (.using an Amos bank), whkh wiM automat!
cally give you the EQUates of all the Amiga system structures and
all LVO's of all functions. Even structure fields are handled intelli-
gently. This is a brilliant touch.
Unfortunately Ihe automatic system (the SET EQUATE BANK
instruction) was not working when I tested it. so I had to get all
the values from the include files, but I (rust thai this will be fixed
soon too.
These features are a great way lo program the heart of Ihe sys-
tem interactively, whether you are designing custom ports, or
anything else.
Secondly, you can run assembled machine code directly Irom
your Amos programs. Obviously, with this feature any addition
can be made to the language.
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But before you dive for the record button it's
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Then* are a few points you should keep in mind.
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Secondly, a standard Amiga display in any reso-
lution is by default smaller than full-screen video.
As a result, use of overscan is essential if you want
to avoid annoying borders around the edge of
your artwork when they appear on-screen.
Saturation limits
The final essential Is to ensure that the colours
used within the image do not exceed the satura-
tion limits required by a composite signal. To do
(his before committing any images to tape, first go
lo the palette requester and select each used
colour in turn.
As you do this, the various RGB salutation levels
will show as a figure between 0 and 15. As you
cycle through the colours ensure that saturation
levels does not exceed 1 2 in any of the three
colour fields.
This is an essential to avoid the dreaded colour
bleeding often associated with Composite/VHS
video. This prerequisite applies to any project
bound for videotape. As a consequence, always
stick firmly to this figure.
Within certain packages the 0 to IS levels are
replaced by a 0 to 255 system for increased accu-
If the Commodore compendium is wearing a
little thin, perhaps it's time to get serious.
Paul Austin explains the basic steps of DTV
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should not exceed 192 to avoid excessive
blood-letting.
Aside for the essential interlace, optional but
advisable interlace and of course adherence lo suit-
able saturation levels, the rest is pretty much up to
your imagination.
However, there are a few pointers which make
life much easier and your creations even more
impressive. For example when using brightly
coloured text on equally colourful backdrops it's
always a good idea to use a dark keyline around the
texL
This is yet another ploy in the battle against
bleeding. Even when composite saturation levels are
met, second or third generation copies can still
bleed badly without the intervention of the afore-
mentioned keyline.
Yet again good old DPaint comes to the rescue
with an automatic keyline feature entitled Edge
whkh can be lound lurking within the brush menu.
To employ the feature, simply cut your texl out as a
brush and then highlight and release the edge
feature.
It may need several applications to arrive at the
desired keyline, but once complete you instantly
solve the problem ol second generation bleeding
and in addition make your creations far more eye-
catching tn the process.
Apart from basic colour precautions the only
other essential aspect of quality control is lo invest in
quality RCA/phono connections. Whenever possible
always use well insulated connections and try avoid
excessrve cable length.
H both of the above are ignored, image quality
will invariably suffer due to the sometimes frighten-
ing amounts of interference generated by assorted
household appliances.
As far as design is concerned, a touch of anima-
tion is always a real crowd- pleaser. Again DPaint
comes to the rescue with arguably the best anim
generation and control system of any Amiga paint
package. If you're still not in a fit state to begin
wading through the DPaint manual, a little experi-
mentation can soon fill in for actual study time.
First create the number of frames you require then
design a logo or opening title.
Next cut out the graphic as a brush and then
stamp it down with the right mouse button in the
desired position. Nnw select the move requester
from the anim pull-down menu and simply type a
few random figures into Ihe distance and angle
windows.
Experimentation
In the case of the angles it's usually a good idea
to stick with 45 degree increments in order to
keep things tidy.
Now before you do anything else, under no
circumstances hit the draw button as it's here
where the experimentation begins. On ihe other
side of the requester you'll find the Preview
option which allows unlimited dry runs prior to
actually drawing, which on complex or large
anims can take an age, especially on standard
machines.
When you're happy with the effect, simply click
on the draw button and make yourself a well-
earned coffee while the software automatically
renders the anim.
Once complete you can add additional frames
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appending as many frames as you need. As long
as you don't go mad, even a standard machine
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Once your creation is complete, simply connect
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and record your masterpiece onto the desired sec-
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If possible make a copy of you master prior to
recording as once Ihe button is hit there's no way
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PROGRAMMING
A third-generation language like Basic or
Cobol can be coded quickly, but the pro-
gram runs slowly - the source code is
people friendly.
A second-generation language like assembler is
coded slowly and painfully, but the program runs
quickly - the source code is computer friendly
The C language is somewhere in-between - ft is
reasonably quick to write, and can be compiled into
fairly efficient machine code.
C is becoming standardised. This makes it very
portable. Source code can be written and tested on
one type of computer, then compiled into object
code, tested and run.
The source code can then be copied 10 a com-
pletely different type of computer (or network), and
should compile and run successfully.
C does not have input and output facilities of its
own - these are added from a library or set of
related routines that can be linked with the object
code. Each compiler comes with a set of standard C
library high level input and output functions.
Lower level
In addition there are several Amiga libraries, each
containing lower level routines for use in your pro-
grams. These functions are often called by higher
level C library functions.
These programming pages will concentrate on
the Amiga library routines rather than the C syntax,
unless I have a storm of protest from my readers.
The C language can be extended almost indefi-
nitely, by adding routines and creating a custom
library, or by including third-party libraries.
Let's look at C libraries. The main compiler
header directory contains some header files (they
have .h as a suffix) in addition to its sub-directories.
These header files contain the ANSI-compatible
prototypes of the standard input and output func-
tions, and other definitions.
To use one of these functions, the appropriate
header file should be included with the source
code. This command tells the compiler to add the
header file at compile lime, but not clutter the
source code with it.
This source code will be more portable than the
source code using Amiga Library routines, but not
Library routines can help
both assembler and
C programmers.
Margaret Stanger does
some borrowing
as versatile or efficient. The program source code
listing (iollb.c) is on the CoverDisk. When the object
program (iolib) is run, the program displays a mes-
sage using the built-in formatted print "printf"
command, and then another message by using the
standard library "fprintf" command to write to the
current output file or console.
The mam Amiga libraries used are Exec, DOS.
graphics and Intuition. Exec library routines handle
the multitasking and the lowest level of interaction
between Ihe hardware and the software.
DOS library routines handle input and output
control. Associated with each library is a special file
with the extension ".fd", these files are usually
found on the Extras disk in their own directory.
An .fd file contains a list of the routines in the
library, together with the input parameters that
each routine takes. The more recent ANSI-compati-
ble compilers have a proto directory included with
the compiler headers.
Prototype
This directory has a header file for each library,
conlaining the prototype for each command. If you
open an Amiga library at run time, all its routines
become available. The linker knows where to find
the routines, and can link them to the rest of the
object code.
The OpenLibrary routine is found in the Exec
library, all the Exec library routines are always
available.
Assembler programmers can now have sprites
designed using a program like DPaint. The height,
colours and pixel data can be saved on disk and
read into an assembler program when required.
Each sprite has a data list of data word pairs. The
— I first two words of each sprite's data
are control words to initialise the
i sprite.
Bits 15 to 8 of the first control
word contain the vertical position
i of the first line of the sprite, bits 7
I to 0 contain the sprite's horizontal
| start position.
Bits 1 5 to 8 of the second con-
trol word contain the line after the
last vertical line of the sprite. Bits 2
to 0 of the second control word
contain the most significant bits of
Ihe first line, last line and horizontal
position respectively.
The last two data words always
contain zero. The intervening data
words contain the pixel data. The first two sprites
use colours 16 to 19, the next two 20 to 23, the
next two 24 to 27 and the last two 28 to 31 .
The sprite data is copied into chip memory. The
Copper list can be set up to copy the address of the
start of each sprite's data into the appropriate
SPRPT registers. The colour instructions can also be
included in the Copper fist
The DPaint utility was used to save two sprites as
separate "brushes", producing a short IFF file tor
each brush. I designed the sprites to be 16 pixels
wide. I used four colours, the first being transpar-
ent
The file reader module "readsprite.a" can read
and interpret this file, or a similar file produced by
another artist program.
The routine 'readfile' is similar to the IFF sprite
file in last month's Amiga Computing, a simplified
picture file reader without a routine to unscramble
compressed data.
The routine can return the height of the sprile to
the calling program. The routine is:
iprilthdgtt - rtidfite(nm,iprittditi,colourt1n)
(<J0,d1,d2i
The inputs are :
name - the pointer to the name of the file
containing the data
spritedata - a pointer to the memory array to
hold the sprite
bitplane data (the address of the third word of
the sprite)
colouriist - a pointer to Ihe memory storing the
colours lor the sprite (the colouriist address plus
an offset for colour 1 6,20,24 or 28)
The output in Register W is:
spritehetght - the height of the sprite contained
in Ihe file
The routine will look for the usual chunkheaders
in an IFF file. The BMAP chunk will be decoded to
give the sprile height - the other data is either
known (width and depth) or irrelevant (data from
the screen the brush was saved on).
The CMAP chunk contains the colours used
when Ihe sprite was designed. These Colours will be
copied into the correct place in the colouriist.
The BODY chunk contains the bitplane data -
the routine copies it into chosen area in memory.
All other chunks are read, and their data ignored.
The routine could easily be extended to process
Ihese chunks.
The sprite height is returned so that the position
of the last line of the sprite can be calculated and
put in the second sprite control word. The
main program will then have all Ihe
necessary sprite and colour information for the
Copper list
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Demo routines
The short demo program amilib on Ihe CoverDisk uses five
library routines, from the Exec library, OpenUbrary(libName,ver-
sion) opens a chosen library A pointer lo the library base is
returned. Close Library (library) closes a library
From the Dos Library, Deby(timeout) waits for a given time
out OutputQ finds the file handle for writing text in the current
window. A pointer to the current filehandle is returned.
Write(filehandle.buffer.length) will write to a file or a win-
dow The complete program source code listing i amilib c) Is on
the CoverDisk.
When the object program (amilib) is run, the program opens
the DOS library. If the library opens successfully, the program
displays a short message, delays lor a few seconds, closes Ihe
library and exits.
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MUSIC
Sound essentials
Whether you're a dedicated muso Of
just an interested bystander with a
shiny new machine waiting at your
fingertips, getting into Amiga music can be much
cheaper and simple than you might imagine.
To start we'll look al the market Irom the
bystanders position, highlighting the cheap and
cheerful products which (or as little as 12 allow an
absolute beginner to create musk on a par with
anything found on commercial games software
As you've probably guessed, we're talking PD
and more precisely Med - a program that's been
the premier PD soundtracker clone for longer than
most Amiga musos would care to remember
Due to its prolific success and countless updates
- courtesy of its creator Tetgo Kinnunen - the PD
libraries are literally Tit to burst with countless revi-
sions of the aforesaid Med.
However, if you're after the very latest offering
Amiganuts United is undoubtedfy the first place to
look, primarily because they've managed to obtain
exclusive rights to distnbule the licenceware eight
channel version which when complete with man-
ual comes in at a less than PD price tag ol £30.
Commodore 64
Although eight channels may sound more
attractive than the four track shareware alternative
the additional tracks do not play samples but
merely sequence Commodore 64-style synth
sounds.
For the beginner these additional tracks aren't
essential. As a result, the four track is perhaps the
ideal beginners choice (or testing the water prior
to the larger investment in the licenceware
alternative.
As mentioned above, almost all the major
libraries - with the exception of Amiganuts - carry
the lour track version (or around £2. When order-
ing be sure it's the latest, namely v3.20.
Like all the soundtracker clones, Med employs
standard 8-bit samples as its primary sound
source. These can be either created yourself - see
this month's sampler roundup - or alternatively
there are a wide selection ol pre-recorded effects
and instruments that can be bought direct either
on disk or CD (rom PD libraries or dedicated sam-
ple suppliers.
If you're happier with pre-recorded sounds,
quality commercial sources include the Zero-G
Datafiles which carry both CD and disk-based col-
Paul Austin
singles out
the best
selection of
software for
any musical
beginner
The ultimate Midi and Amiga combination In the lotm ol the eicHlcnt Super |am
lections. They're available direct from:
Time and Space, PO 8ox 306
Herts, HP4 JEP
Tel: 0442 870681
Although of excellent quality, the vast majority of
the Zero-G samples are heavily dance-oriented with
assorted scratches and popular hook lines.
for any would-be D|s or rave lans the collection
is ideal. However rf you're planning to build original
tracks from the ground up the next collection,
namely the Sample Series, is probably a more attrac-
tive proposition.
This series comes from those loveable
Mancunians at Cajits Music Software. Unlike the
Zero-G collection, the Sampler Series is comprised
entirely of sounds borrowed from the latest synths.
If you're interested in a mofe purist approach to pla-
giarism you can obtain the aforesaid collection
from:
Gajits Music Soltware , l-Mex House
40 Princess Street , Manchester
M1 6DETel:06T-2J6 251SM
A step up the ladder
If you've still got a few pennies spare from
Christmas, Blue Ribbon Soundworks offer an inter-
mediate package which allows the user to employ
their own or pre-recorded samples as part of an
automated six-part accompaniment.
The software, entitled Superjam, allows you to
begin building a bridge between the internal
sounds of the machine and the world of Midi. The
package works by allowing you to assign any one
ol numerous styles which then form the framework
within which your five automated musicians will lit-
erally jam along with.
All you need do is add the chords of your choke
and of course play your part as the lead soloist. No
matter what chord progression you add, the other
members will automatically play a suitable
accompaniment.
For example. If you specify a rock style with a
chord progression ol say E minor, C and A, your
automated bass player is almost certain to rip
straight into Smoke on the Water!
Ok, nobody said the package is perfect, but
with a bit of practxe you can easily generate per-
fectly acceptable lift music which can then be
wonted into a pseudo-original or used directly as
backing music on various multimedia exploits.
Besides the fun and functionality of the pack-
age, the beauty is that it's equally al home with
Midi information as it is with converted Amiga
samples.
tf you're looking for an affordable and interest-
ing introduction to composition plus both an edu-
cational and speedy production tool, Superjam is
perfect
Easy affordable Midi
If you're looking to side-step the internal fea-
tures of the Amiga altogether, there's a whole
selection of budget -conscious sequencers wait-
ing in the wings.
Although all of the programs listed arc pri-
marily aimed at Midi, they also all fully support
the machines internal abilities with equal
enthusiasm.
While this Is not a particularly strong selling
point in the eyes of serious users, it does mean
that if Midi music Is your goal but finances
mean a wail for the necessary hardware, you
can still come to terms with the software via
standard Amiga samples and then apply your
new-found skills later on. Ideal choices lor any
potential investor Include Sequencer One Plus,
MuskX and Bars & Pipes Professional
The first of the three is perhaps the ideal
choke boasting an extremely user friendly edit-
ing system and Intuitive design.
On the downside, the package isn't the cheap-
est as the now rather elderly but usable MuskX
easily lays claim to that particular title.
MusicX itself was easily the hottest item on
the Amiga music scene a few years back and still
remains a viable option especially rf you're pre-
pared to shop around. The final option is to
throw caution to the wind and invest in Bars 6t
Pipes Professional which although far from
cheap offers a degree of expandability only
equalled by KCS IS.
The reason for the Bars tt Pipes Pro bias as
opposed to KCS is simply that although the
two are on a par for power, Bars tt Pipes Pro
is much easier to master for the outright
beginner
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E-mail culture
COMMS
■ wonder how many people reading this have
I acquired a shiny new modem over the fes-
■ live period? If you are one, do you know
how to behave in the comms world? Do you
know what to do and not do to make yourself
welcome?
Like any other community activity, the golden
rule is to consider others as well as yourself. In
comms this basically means you should be aware
of what your activities are costing others.
Although access to most BBSs ts free (other
than the cost of your phone bill), somebody has
to pay for all the files and message areas made
available to you.
A BBS is generally run on an amateur basis.
The sysop is using his own equipment that he's
bought with his own money. He's also paying at
least rental for the phone line you dial in on.
One of the biggest attractions of a modem is
the opportunity it gives you to grab software
cheaply and easily. You find the file you want,
download it, and bingo - the latest version, or
patch, or demo has cost you just a few pence.
But how do these files become available to
you in the first place? Where does the BBS gel
them from?
Joining the bustling comms sub-culture brings
with it its own responsibilities and rules.
Pat Winstanley talks etiquette
Cheapest
Well there are several ways for sysops to grab
files for their lists. The simpkest H for users like
you to upload interesting programs to the 8BS.
This is also the cheapest for the sysop.
Another way is for the sysop to download new
files from other boards, which costs him money.
Yet a third way is for you to send the sysop files
on disk - a lot cheaper than uploading if you
have a slow modem.
|ust check to make sure the sysop can handle
your disk - many boards catc-nng tor Amiga users
are actually run on PCs.
Most boards have an upload /download ratio
policy. This simply means that you can only
download a certain number of files before you
must upload something to the board
The snag with this b that you might not have
any software that isn't already on the board. If
you leel like this, don't worry. You're not alone.
An alternative which many sysops are happy with
Is for you to become active in the message areas.
The more interesting messages a board contains, the
more attractive it is to other users of that board.
Yet another alternative is a download credit sys-
tem. With this you literally buy credits, each credit
allowing a certain number of bytes to be down-
loaded.
Some boards running this system even give
download credits as prizes in competitions on the
board.
Panic
When either uploading or downloading, try lo
check your own setup as far as you can before call-
ing on the sysop for help, Take your time too.
It's very easy to panic while you're worrying
about a phone bill, but it's well worth checking
out any instructions. Menus and prompts are gen-
erally easy to use if you stop and think about what
you're trying to do. Common sense is alt you really
need lo work things out.
One of the most regular problems is selling
"protocols". These are methods of computers talk-
ing to each other - like Zmodem and so on - and
need to be the same at both your end and the BBS
end.
What it boils down to is lhat your local BBS is
providing you with a free service. If you want to
slay on good terms with the sysop you should try
to put in as much as you get out of the board.
A very common complaint among sysops is the
rudeness of callers who log in to their boards,
trawl the file lists, download everything in sight,
then simply log off again without so much as say-
ing "Thanks".
It only lakes a lew seconds to leave a message
for the sysop, and your feedback on a board's ser-
vices will always be welcome. That's not just a
computer at the olher end of the line. There's a
human being there too!
Pat Winstanley can be contacted on Fidonet
at 2:250/107.99 or as peewee@cix.com-
pulink.co.uk, or you can write to her c/o
Amiga Computing.
• Always give your real name and
phone number when you register
Think how you would feel il a
stranger knocked on your door *nd
gave you a false name.
• Take a few seconds to read any
news, bulletins, instructions and so
on - it'll save you far more time o<x)
money in the long run.
• Don't ring the sysop voice at
night - the BBS may be running but
the sysop is probably tucked up m
bed. If you need help during unso-
cial hours, just leave a message then
log on again another time.
Keep your sysop happy
• If a board states the hours it's on-
line, respect the fact lhat the BBS
probably shares Ihe lamily phone
line Don't call outside the stated
hours.
• Always log off the board using
the option provided m the menu. If
you don't you could leave the
board thinking you're slitl there,
and denying access lo other users.
• If you must log off "illegally"
(dropped carrier for instance), try to
let the sysop know what happened -
it will help him sort out any problems
your accident may have caused.
• When uploading files, try to com-
press them first - sysops don't have
unlimited hard disk space. And try
lo use a common compression tech-
nique to make things simple for any
olher users.
• If the board's file areas are sorted
into sections, upload lo the correct
area. If not, upload to ihe sysop's
general area. Either way, leave a
description of the file too.
• If you want to download a file
which will take longer than you
have available, ask the sysop nicely
and he'll probably upgrade your
access temporarily.
9 Don't pester the sysop lor privi-
leged access to the board. When
he trusts you, and knows what
you want and need, he'll
probably upgrade you permanently
anyway.
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ASl 11 Dad. Cormei. Rnrtwi. Treptri*
ASl 12 Uamalron. Car. Powerpoog
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ART49 More arwnals -
ARTM Anmal mean .
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King James Bible
UU029 TanK II read your own stars
U364 Cydopsvl 0 - art creation
package - aeate plasmas etc
U527 Profess****) D Copy v30-aa
good aa most commercial copers
U524 introMakors Kit - maae own info
screens with IFF pes. dajmsed samples
and scroBad massage* *
U528 MuWayer - claims to be the mosi
powerful versa&fe music player to> Ihe
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U325 Label Maker - make your own labels
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115 14 PC Emulate - runa most pc busmess
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162
AMOS
The right tracks
It seems that every program on the Amiga
written with Amos has some lovely piece of
music to go with it. Don't you wish that you
could make musk like that? Weil you can.
Ifs tempting to steal other people's mus< oH of
bulletin boards, demos and so on. But watt don't
touch that dial.
The tracker programs you need to make beauti-
ful music are all public domain, with the exception
of certain versions of MED which are what they cal
"Ikenceware".
These disks costs a bit more than PD disks, but
the author of the program gets a royalty every time
the program is sold. They almost always feature
what we call in the trade a "pattern editor" like you
find on most modem drum machines and certain
Midi sequencers.
The sounds in trackers are always samples, like
the kind you can make with your own sound sam-
pler, with the exception again of MED which also
uses the sound chip in the Amiga to create synthe-
sised sounds, what we call "chip music".
Most trackers come with disks of sounds lor you
to get started. The way they work is that you
assemble patterns, short sequences of music lasting
for 64 beats.
Make a chain
Then when you've made a pattern lor your
verse, chorus and other fill-ins etc, you chain them
all together to make a complete piece of musk.
You specify which pattern you'd like to play and
in what order, and the program plays each pattern
in turn to make meaningful music Sometimes.
So lor example you could have an intro on pat-
tern 1 , a verse on pattern 2, a chorus on pattern 3
and a fill-in on pattern 4.
The real kick ol a pattern-based sequencer is
that you only have to input your patterns once and
then they can be played and arranged as many
times as you like, rather than a more linear system
which would mean you'd have to type the tune in
every time.
Creating pleasant music with a tracker is easy, as
Musical tools
A recent addition to the Deja Vu licenceware
library is Music Engine by Paul Townsend (aka
Technkal Fred Soltware).
This program lets you use tracker musk with-
out having to convert it. What this program pro-
vides is an interface between Amos and the Shell.
You can use this to play many different music
file formats, and this is done by running an
appropriate "player program" which means you
can hear the musk without having to convert it.
Once you've bought the Musk Engine pro-
gram from De|a Vu, you are free to use the
source code, if it's lor publk domain, shareware
or licenceware use, providing of course you
acknowledge the source ol your source. II you
Writing a convincing soundtrack for your Amos
creations is actually very easy. Phil South
says: "Let the music play..."
Pro users
take note
Lucky users of Amos Professional will know
that, of course, Amos Pro Is able to use files
from MED and Noisetracker (and its various
clones) directly using libraries and features
built in to the program.
If you are using Amos Pro you don't need
to use a converter or any of the programs
mentioned. You do however need a copy of
MED or Noisetracker to make the musk In the
first place.
I should also say that the most up to date
version of MED isn't in the public domain, but
Is available as licenceware, where the author
gels a fee each time the program is bought.
You can get Information about MED from
Amlganuts United, 169 Dale Valley Road,
Hollybrook, Southampton. Tel: (0703) 78S680.
you can have four tracks (in some cases even eight
with programs like OctaMED Professional) and you
can put the notes in one at a time in what we call
"step lime", or play along with the other tracks
live on the keyboard in what is termed "real lime".
Step time is easier for learners as you can fiddle
about with each track of the pattern until it sounds
right, like typing words into a wordprocessor and
editing them until the spelling and syntax is
perfect.
Once a piece of tracker music has been made,
or produced, you can convert it to Amos ABK for-
mal and load it into a program or into a bank in
Direct mode. The Amos disks contain many differ-
ent converters to serve most of the different kinds
of tracker such as Noisetracker, Soundtracker,
SlarTrekker, Protracker, Games Music Creator.
Sonix and so on,
All you do is run these very clever little Amos
programs and they read in a tracker file and spit
out a ABK file onto disk ready to be loaded.
Some of these programs work fine, but the
problem is that so many of the tracker programs
(being in the PD for some time now) have all
been revamped and re-written so lhat ihey are
very different in format from the originals.
Some tracker tunes will not play properly once
they've been converted. Usually the reason is that
the samples are too long or the system has
changed.
Either the tracker has a pattern length which is
variable and not fixed at 64, or it stores its sam-
ples in a different way. Luckily, there are ways
around this - see the programs documented in
the box on this page lor some ideas.
Do try to cultivate the use ol tracker programs.
You'll find they are not as hard to use as you
might think, and the results will be all your own
work, rather than just a steal Irom someone else.
Write stuff
If you have an Amos question, then please
write to Phil South, Amos Column, Amiga
Computing, Europa House, Adlington Park,
Macclesfield SK10 4NP.
want to use Ihe routines in a piece ot commercial
software, however, then you have to contact the
programmers to arrange a suitable lee.
Music Engine is a very powerful tool, and not just
for driving music programs. The trick is a very good
one, and although it's handy for musk, it's power-
ful enough to run any program from the
Workbench, effectively making your Amos system
multitask with other programs.
For more details of Music Engine (disk number
LPD79) get in touch with Deja Vu Software, or
write direct to: Technical (red Software, 1 1 7 Hilton
Lane, Walkden, Worsley, Manchester M28 STB.
Phone or Fax: 061-703 7842.
Another fine program disk from the Amos PD
Library is the MED Utils disk, containing a copy of
MED v2.1 3 and some convert utilities to make the
SounoTracker modules from MED more palatable
to the ST-to-ABK converters. The disk number is
APD155.
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DTP
One Ihing that can realty slow down tfv
desktop publishing process a whtft
you have to stop and draw a yr&m
to illustrate something, especially 4 you m not tto
good at pixel painting.
I tend to draw things on paper and w*mnxm
them, finding this a much quicker way to atSrw
what I want than trying to do il w*h De*»
or whatever,
But 11 sUII takes time, and it wouM |
along no end if I had a massne cfcp art
which I could dip and pull out a
graphic.
Good Amiga clip art has ©*«• havfl I* laA
Many PD libraries have disks lul of •» *A but r
my experience 99 per cent of t a j\aa>. U fc n
because it has been poony o > aw r i r the «nr place
or because the images art to iMrt «r of such a
tow resolution that you can htnfy wt what they
are.
It's encouraging, then, to w* mom and more
dedicated Amiga clip an compgnw advertising
their wares. We're gotng to «* at two collections
in this article, both of bitmapped (rFf-iLBM) clip
art.
Volumes
The Artworks clip art cowxton contains more
than 1,400 images in total, spread over eight vol-
umes, each disk contatfung be t we en 1 1 5 and 270
images.
Each volume covers a specfn theme. Currently
these are: Pets; Castles; Cottages & Churches;
Trees; Signs & Symbols; Vrtd Arnnah; Prehistoric
Life; Signs & Symbols II and Weddings & Family
Occasions,
Everything is in straight Wack-and-white. perfect
for the mono desktop publisher. The individual
images are collected together on a number of
pages. To use an image you must load the page
into a paint package, cut out the image you
require, and save it as a brush. Then you can
Import it into your DTP package
All the images have been expertly drawn on a
computer - no roughly scanned stuff here. Some
are incredibly intricate, like the skeletons on the
Prehistoric Life disk and the bouquets o* flowers on
Ben Pointer gets into
artistic mood
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The Artworks collection contains torn* of the highetl
quality bitmapped clip art I hare ewer teen
Weddings h Family Occasions. Others are simpler,
like most of the incredibly useful Signs ft Symbols.
It you were to buy the whole collection at once,
it works out to an average of less than 4p per
image - buy a single disk and they work out at
between 3p and 6p each, depending on which disk
you buy.
Jaggies
If I have one criticism it is that on the whole the
individual images tend to be too small. Most have
to be published at quite a small size in order to get
rid of the bitmap jaggies - scale them up large and,
like all low resolution bitmaps, they look awful.
But most of the time you don't tend to use this
king of clip art large, so I guess it's the old swings
and roundabouts scenario again - if the images
were larger you wouldn't get so many on a disk,
and consequently they would end
up costing more each.
Unlike a lot of clip art collections
I have seen, 99 per cent of
Artworks' stuff Is extremely high
quality with respect to perspective,
scale and detail.
Perhaps the only area where
there ts room for improvement is
with the few images that feature
people's faces, which don't con-
tain much character.
I But I'm picking nits. This collec-
L
tlon is certainly very good value for money, and is
highly recommended.
The Magic Clip-Art Company has come up with
an idea to try to reduce the bitmap jaggies.
Although all the images in its collection are basically
black-and-white, they have all been subtly blended
with grayscales around the Wack outlines {called
"anti-aliasing") so that when they are printed the
jaggies are not so evident
There are 23 disks currently available, grouped
into seven subjects. Because these are 16 colour
pictures, each disk contains only between 1 8 and
26 images, but each image has been saved individ-
ually so you don't have to bother loading them into
a painting package to cut out brushes.
Whimsical Animals, 94 images on four disks, are
cute cartoons of animals, usually with a large white
space left free where some text can be added.
This kind of stuff is of limited use and tends to
get tired quickly when use a lot. but on the plus
side the images are quite large, and are very well
drawn.
Well drawn
Three disks of Funny Attention Getters {76
images) are along the same lines as the Whimsical
Animals - well drawn cartoon images with white
spaces for text.
The 86-image Sports collection comes on (our
disks and features action snapshots from most pop-
ular sporting activities, and a few that aren't so
popular.
These real-life images aren't so expertly drawn as
the aforementioned cartoons, and a few of the ath-
letes look positively unathletk.
But if you are producing a sporty newsletter,
you'll find them useful enough. The Recreation col-
lection is really an extension of Sports, another 79
images on four disks.
Finally there's Silhouettes, 70 on three disks.
Subject matter varies greatly here, from sport to
animals to shopping to weddings.
The anti-aliasing does indeed help to reduce the
apparent jagginess of the images when printed
large, although if printed very large everything
tends to have a fuzzy look around the edges.
Printed small they look fine.
Cost per image averages out at about 25p each,
making them a tad expensive compared to the
Artworks collection. But then these are larger
images, so you are able to publish them larger
without the jaggies getting too bad.
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the lm. in the " . Clip Aft
collection hare been anti-aHosed
around the black outlines to that the
toggles are less evident when printed
Artworks Clip Art Library
£6.99 per disk {£48 for all 8 volumes)
Artworks, 1 Pond View, Wootton, Ulceby
DN39 6SF. Tel 0469 588 1 38
Magic Clip Art
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Hawkwell SSS 4fT.
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MULTIMEDIA
Developing CDTV
Since multimedia became a buzzword
some years back, much play has been
made ol Ihe huge investment needed
before development can even begin
Yet on the Amiga CD-ROM development rs sur-
prisingly easy and relatively cheap. Indeed I know
ol at least one developer who, relreshmgly and
contrary to traditional marketing wisdom, ts quite
proud to explain how their development is carried
out in a bedroom!
CDTV software development consists ol several
distinct phases. Firsuy any graphics {moving or still
frame) and sound must be "captured" and stored
in digital form, enabling them to be manipulated
and stored by the Amiga/CDTV.
Secondly, the actual sollware is written - digital
data and software are closely integrated to the
extent that until the formal and nature of the files
that hold the graphics Is known, software develop-
ment is limited.
These two stages are typically done on standard
Amiga systems, albeit are accelerated and
equipped with some serious capacity hard drives.
The software is written and tested as normal
Amiga software until it is finished.
Ever wondered how software gets from an Amiga
to a shiny plastic disk? Julius Alexander explains
Third-party
The next stage is the movement of the software
and images to CD-ROM. This is done by a third-
party company who return a single master CD.
With this master, final testing is done. Believe tt
or not, unt.1 this stage, the application will never
have been loaded or used on a CD-ROM! Typically
this master CD-ROM will contain some errors and
the software wM need be tweaked and a new mas-
ter created.
Once this testing is complete, the master is sent
to Commodore US for approval. Having finally
passed all the testing, it is sent off for duplication.
Then it finds its way to the shops for selling.
|ust now I explained that the images and sound
are '■captured". This makes it sound a lot simpler
than it really is. Image capture and sound capture
are a specialist area in their own right.
In its most bask form you could use a standard
Amiga sound sampler lor audio data, a video dig.-
The home video titling system
• 4 typefaces in many different sizes
. 2 disks with all kinds of symbols
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• 25 transitions on text and symbols
• 34 transitions on pictures
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Statu fa Wwl for quick muWmnlh d™-topwif
tiser to grab still frames from a moving picture
source and a flatbed scanner (Sharp, Dalel etc) tor
printed matter.
Strangely - and purely as a sideline - it is actu-
ally a lot simpler and cheaper to capture images for
use in a computer than ft is to digitally reproduce
an image or photograph lor commercial printing.
The reason for this is that printing resolutions are
currently a lot higher than typical screen .
resolutions.
A point of caution to wanna-be CDTV develop-
ers - when considering which pictures and sounds
lo use in your application play careful attention to
copyrights.
Several large American computer companies,
realising the importance that classic works of art
will have in the future of multimedia and the.r
value as such, have already started buying (in bulk)
the copyrights of original classics!
This is also the reason why companies like Sony,
with their huge libraries of commercial films and
records, are so valuable as developers of multime-
dia applications.
Next month I'll take a detailed look at the actual
software that is available for development pur-
poses. Bui to round this month off, here's a quick
taster.
For actual software development there are a
great number of programming languages available
which can be used. For the fastest programs you
can't beat assembler (which is the -native lan-
guage" of the CDTV and Amiga).
Scala MM is considerably more powerful but has
limitations in that you can't produce standalone
applications that can be give away.
These four programs are my firm favourites for
multimedia development, but there are also a lot
more (some better, some not) and next month I'll
be taking a look at these.
For those wishing to start development, it's
probably first worth looking at some of the
many CDTV titles now available, testing
them and generally playing around with
them - alternatively you could always
read the review of CDTV software in
this very issue.
In this way, you can find out the
mistakes, errors and also the
good points that other devel-
opers have made, and in
doing so save yourself mak-
ing the same errors, or
incorporate the nice
features you've found
in your own pro-
grams.
Cryptic
Unfortunately writing programs in this native
language is not easy, with commands being cryptic
and far more work being required lo write assem-
bler programs than other languages. But if
you're a perfectionist and want the fastest pro-
grams, you can't beat it.
For the more light-hearted, there are a
growing number of software tools which
allow you to write applications using
English-like instructions. One of the
most popular development tools
of this kind is Amos. This pro-
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be written easily and simply.
Another easy develop-
ment package is Scala,
which is brilliant rl you
can't program but
want to create
multimedia appli-
cations.
It's older
brother alT \
lonth: As the multimedia race between
Philips and Commodore hots up, we look at
Ihe latest developments in the last-moving
world of CDTV
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Merlin's Maths
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Came Maker's Manual
Amiga Game Maker's
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by Stephen Hill
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The Rendale range of Amiga Genlocks begins with the 8802. This is a
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functions that you need, such as:
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It can be supplied with a device which will allow you to fade between
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The Rendale Super-8802 is a development of the basic 8802 unit, it performs
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8802 FMC Unit
This is a brand new piece of kit which will improve the capabilities of the
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y Amiga Market February 1993
Shop Window
Another roundup of the month'! software and hardware releases, starring
Mierodeal's VideoMaster, Merlin's Maths, and the Home Music Kit
s
Am
over databases and spreadsheets
Hard times
Every month, a concise guide to what's best and what's
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^™ rom the evidence of our recent mail order survey,
^™ ' far too many readers have suffered the ultimate nail
N/order rip-off when, having paid in advance 'or goods, the
items (ail to materialise.
Surprisingly, your answers also indicate that few of our reg-
ular readers take the matter up with die authorities, presum-
ably either because they resign themselves to the situation, or
they are unsure about their rights.
Consumer protections can be broken down into two broad
categories - those dealing with the advertiser's duties, and
those concerned with the customer's rights, The two often
overlap, but it is always best to simplify such a complex subject
Advertisers have a duty according to the Advertising
Standards Authority guidelines to ensure that their advertise-
ments are legal, decent, honest, and truthful.
In other words, if they specify a delivery date, the goods
must be delivered within the specified time, tf a product is
advertised as having certain properties, it must match the
claims made for it
Additionally, any special conditions sated, such as money
back offers, delivery options (courier, same day dispatch, and
so on) or "guaranteed satisfaction" claims must be adhered to.
Few Amiga owners seem to realise that if a company fails to
deliver within their own deadline or a reasonable period of
time (28 days is the normally accepted period), the customer
can wnte to the company seating that the goods are no longer
wanted and that a refund is required.
The company has a legal duty to return the money as it will
have failed to meet norma) trading standards. If the money is
not returned, the consumer has several options.
First writing to the company concerned by registered post,
detailing the date of the advertisement, the goods ordered,
price, and date when the. order was posted or telephoned, the
customer should make the strongest possible complaint about
the company's poor service. There is little point in pussy-loot-
ing around when a company fails to deliver
If this approach fails to elicit a satisfactory response, such as
a firm promise to deliver the goods within a certain time, the
customer should take the matter further. Far too many people
seem determined to waste their own ume and energy in pro-
tracted postal arguments with companies who have already
shown themselves to be untrustworthy.
Remember, though, that if an alternative offer is made and
the customer accepts it, all bets are off and you must wait until
the agreed ume elapses.
Step two is to consult a consumer advisor, either at the
What do you do when a mail
order company takes the
money and runs?
local Citizens' Advice Bureau or Trading Standards office.
Experts at these offices will be happy to offer advice on the
best way to proceed in your particular case, and a letter from
such an organisation to the guilty party might be enough to
prompt some action.
Depending on whether the guilty company or publication tn
which the advertisement appeared is a member of certain
trade organisations, a recognised scheme of compensation may
be available.
For example, the Periodical Publishers* Associaoon runs its
own mail order protection scheme according to which the
monthly magazine compensates its readers, then claims the
money from the defaulting company.
The scheme is expensive and is not used by many monthly
magazines as it relies on the ability or honesty of the directors
of companies to meet the personal promises they make to the
publishers
Other protection schemes include MOPS (Mail Order
Protection Scheme) run by many national daily papers, and the
code of practice insisted upon by the Mail Order Traders'
Association
If a company is a member of MOT A. any complaints about a
company's bad faith should be addressed to the organisation,
which will investigate alleged breaches of the code.
Companies sporting MOTA's symbol will normally be ol the
more reputable variety and less likely to np off their cus-
tomers, but the more safety nets there are, the better A simi-
lar code of practice is enforced by the Associauon ol Mall Order
Publishers (AMOP), but as this organisation consists mostly of
book and record clubs, it doesn't figure greatly in the Amiga
market
As lor customer rights, there are several. Apart from the
rights created by the duties imposed upon trading companies,
customers have the little-publicised right to a full refund if the
goods are relumed within seven days ol delivery.
In other words, if a hard drive was advertised as "lightning
quick" - a nondescript claim which it would be difficult to either
prove or refute - and the customer found it to be less than so in
his or her opinion, a full refund could be claimed regardless of
any other considerations.
This is a statutory right and one which no company can over-
turn. In addition, the customer can insist on a delivery date when
a product is ordered
If the company agrees to this, the customer can refuse to pay
for goods if they arrive late, regardless of the company's usual
delivery times.
Forcing the full extent of the law and consumer rights on mail
order companies is the only way to force the unreliable outfits
to get their houses in order.
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Home Music Kit
Picture this scenario. You are a bit of a music buff. You're sat
down at home on a Sunday, twiddling your thumbs. Harry
Setombe is screaming his head off on Highway and you are
bored with a capital "B".
What you need is something to occupy yourself with. What
could be belter than escaping off to your Amiga and laying
down some music tracks !
Alas, you have no music package. You are also a bit of a
beginner when it comes to the actual making of music
What you really need is a sampler to be really cheeky and
nick loads of samples from other top pop/rock/rave musicians.
A sequencer and a sound processor would come in handy as
well.
Unfortunately you'd need some really expensive kit to make
the kind of sounds you want, so what are you going to do
about it? Well, a package that might suit your needs is the
Home Musk Kit by Power Computing.
There are two main parts to the Home Music Kit Real Time
Sound Processor 2 is one and Digital Sound 3 is the other . Real
Time Sound Processor allows you to add special effects to your
music while the digital sound studio leu you create your own
music by putting together various parts of different songs, and
remixing them to your own needs.
Apart from the software there is also the hardware. This is
the stereo sound digitiser which fits smartly into the parallel
port of your Amiga and ts only slightly larger than your average
bar of soap.
Before you start to create the tunes you want, you can to
change the sounds by addtng special effects to them - but only
if you want to. You can sample whatever you want, but by
adding the special effects you can add your own personal touch
to the music
The screen of Real Time Sound Processor consists of three
windows. The first is the ad|ustment window which allows you
to change the parameters retauve to the current effect Each
parameter has a slider which allows you to change the values.
The next window is the logic window. This represents the
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parameters graphically In a logic diagram window. This will
allow you to see at which moment the parameters will sort
influencing the sound. It's not entirely useful, but Is very
educational.
The last window is the control window. This allows you to
listen to the sound transformed by the special effect, and you
do this by clicking on the Play button
There are another two buttons in the window. One is the
Monitor button, the other the Hi-Fi button Monitor allows
you to listen to the sound directly without any effects - very
handy if you keep on flicking between the Play and Monitor
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buttons to hear exacdy how the sound has changed.
The Ht-fi button lets you activate or de-activate the auflc
filter of the Amiga.
There are 32 special effects to choose from. These ranjt
from simple echoing effects to a stereo phaser to choruses tft
flanges to just about any effect you can think of.
If you have enough memory you can have up to 10 effeco
loaded in the memory simultaneously. Another helpful opcio*
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(i the facility to link the program to i Midi instrument.
This way you can modify the sounds coming out of your
Midi instrument, to one of your pre-set sounds can be
altered in 32 different ways
If making musk sorts getting a tut bormg and you feel like
a break, then why not try hoolung up a nucrophone to the
sound processor? You can now sound like a Dalek or as tf
you're In a concert halt Try to keep l straight face while
shouting "exterminate" I can guarantee youH collapse in a fit
9t I0ei Not very proper I know, but fun is one of the main
lor making music! So, you've had your fun, now back to
. of making music using the Digital Studio.
Y ov can either load up an altered sample or record a brand
•*w or* without any effects on it. Before you record a sample
rou must first set the frequency (rate) and site of it
The rate range is in hertz - the higher the hertz the better
Suality sample, the lower the worst The size allows you to set
how long the sample will be in seconds. You can also set the
autostart on or off. This tells the program to wait for a sound
signal before it records
Once you've recorded the sample, you will need to edit it
You can now delete, cut, copy, paste, add, m*ert and swap the
sample. There are a few more options, but there isn't room to
explain them all in detail.
Probably the most important part for making actual musk rs
the sequencer. This allows you to sequence your samples In a
certain order to create a piece of music
Depending on memory allowances you can carry up to ten
samples at any one time. Now when making your tune, these
samples won't go very far. so the best idea ts to find mus»c that
will loop easily, so it's a lot easier to sample some rave/techno
band than one of Jimi Hendrix's solos.
Even though the sequencer is the most important part of the
package, n is not like normal sequencers. You have to actualty
type in some execution commands to tell the computer wh.ch
sample you want playing where and so forth It is very strange
at first, but after a while you'll soon get used to ft
The Home Music Kit does have its faults, like the strange
sequencer and the fact that sometimes the effects don't sound
right with certain types of musk, but it does hive its plus
points. The package is extremely friendly and 'un to use
You will need to spend a couple of weeks on it before you
get really competent, and you might want to buy a separate
sampler and sequencer to make your mus* that way instead,
but if you want an all-tn-one package then the Home Musk Kit
could well be worth taking a look at
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images were better than the image grabber we use
here at AC towers!
As per usual you can view the image in any of the
usual modes - interlaced, non-lace and hi-res. The grabs
may only be greyscales but the clarity is brilliant. All
images save as standard IFFs or ANIMs for use in other
packages.
Next I looked at the sampler. I thanked my lucky
stars. It's actually easy to use. All the other samplers I
have looked at in the last six months require a degree
in sound engineering to use. With Video Master you
have simple record, play, and listen buttons for basic
work, on top of which there are fader controls, reverses
and invert options which let you fiddle with the original
sound.
Because the film and sound are both competing for
the memory you only have a limited amount of space,
so the sampler has a squash option that lets you
squeeze the sample to half its original size.
This action does mean the sample loses half of its
clarity but the sample quality is a pretty high in the first
place. To make the sample smaller from the start you
can reduce the sample rate. The highest rate possible is
1 6kHz which gives pretty good results, but the lower
you put the sample rate the lower the quality.
The sequencer is one of the most advanced I've seen
but that is still a damn sight easier to use than any
other sequencer
I've used, includ-
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Music Kit.
It has all the
basic trick ele-
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ments for the film and audio section like film loopers
so that a relatively short piece of film will seem like a
very long one.
Last but not least is the system card. This is a fan-
tastic idea that I have never seen on any of the other
sampler or digitiser packages. It allow you to config-
ure how much memory you wish to use on the sam-
pler and the digitiser respectively.
You change the values by using a simple ♦ and •
sign. So if you are dealing with very simple images on
the digitiser It leaves you more memory to play with
on the sampler.
I can't really say everything about Video Master in
this small review, but if you are into images and
sound sampling I recommend that you check out
Video Master for yourself.
Amiga Market February 1993
Canon BJ-200
Canon's bubble|et printers have proved to be extremely popular
with Amiga owners, particularly the BJ- 10 and BJ-20 models.
There are three obvious reasons why they are liked so much
- ihey produce high quality results, they are inexpensive com-
pared to other high quality *k|« printers, and there are specific
Amiga printer drivers for them
But these low-end bubWe|eu are a bit slow, printing text at
about 80 characters per second (cps) in high quality (HQ) mode,
about 100 cps in high speed (HS) mode.
Graphics printouts also sometimes have a banded appearance
- dark horizontal tines every quarter of an inch or so. caused by
every pass of the print head overlapping the previous one
slightly. The extent of the banding depends on exaedy what it is
you are printing, but these are faults you can forgive- considenng
the tow cost of the printer!.
But wouldn't it be nice if text printed faster and if there was
no bandlngf
The BJ-200 is the latest m Canon's mono bubblejet range
3Z0*SI2 HAM imogei, printed wrth Canon SludJo
Designed for desktop use, it weighs |ust over
61b and measures a compact I3.7in .
wide, 7.6m deep and 6.Bin high.
Sticking up at the rear of the
printer is a cut sheet feeder that can
take about 80 sheets Ordinary AH
paper is fine, but the feeder is wide
enough to take anything up to 9.5in
wide, so envelopes can be fed
through it as well The feeder works
with paper from 64 to 90 grns. man-
ually-fed indrvidual sheets can be up
to 105 grns
Overhead projector transparencies
can also be used, but you need to feed
sheets of this through one at a time.
The BJ-200 is the first of Canon's bub-
bte|ets to feature the new 16-bit .
processor and a control that
actively seeks the next print
position. The print head,
which is part of the
disposable ink
cartridge, has
also been redesigned.
These new features
have resulted in much
faster text printing and greater accu-
racy with graphics dumps.
In HS or draft mode the BJ-200 can whin along
In HO mode it can do 173 cps. In real terms these
that a page of 10 epi (pica) text pnnted in HS will
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figures mean
come out of
the printer in about 20 seco-*
three pages a minute to pur I
nother way. The same page I
will take about 30 seconds to pr
Something else that's new to the M
200 is SHQ mode - Super High Quality. This sloMj
down the text output to 124 cps (about 40 seconds p»
page) and uses more Ink, but the results arc superb.
In HS and HQ modes graphics dumps are still i»S*4|
banded, although nowhere near as much as with earlier bubMI
jets. In SHQ mode, however, graphics banding is a thing of mi
past, even on ordinary bond or photocopier paper.
The results on proper ink|et paper are stunning - every Ml
as good as a laser printer, and m some cases arguably better.
The BJ-200 has two emulations - BJ- 1 0 and Epson LQ. In M
10 mode there are two typefaces available. Prestige taml
Courier; in Epson mode there are eight - Roman, Sans Se**J
Courier. Prestige, Script. Orator. Oraior-S and Draft
BJ-10 mode is better for graphics printouts. Epson mom-
gives you more text flexibility.
A small control panel on the top of the printer enables yea|
to select between HS. HQ and SHQ printing modes, as well «
the normal Power. Online and LF'rT- switches
Typefaces and character sets arc selected v.a dip swn
which are positioned under a small cover to the left of the
trol panel.
On the front of the printer is a cover which pulls forward 1
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allow you access to the ink cartridge. Embossed on ibe mude
of tha cover is guide to dip switch settingi for both BJ- 1 0 and
Epson modes.
Without going anywhere rear ihe manual 1 was able to set
the switches vanous ways to get various resufu. h ant drffi
cud 10 do.
Although the BJ-200's recommended read pnce s more
than £400, I'm sure you'll see it sellmg for just over £300
The trick is to shop around.
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If you are into expanding you Amiga with stuff like printers,
scanners, modems, digitisers and samplers, then you very
quickly team chat the Amiga doesn't have enough holes In it
to take them all at once
Most of these kind of peripherals plug into either the
serial or the parallel port - a common combination of kit is a
printer and a hand scanner, or a printer and a sampler, or a
printer and a hand scanner and a sampler
Chopping and changing between peripherals can be a real
pain because you have to power down the computer, swap
kit. and power up again. Only fools and rich kids plug things
into the serial and parallel ports while the Amiga is switched
on.
Thc answer of course is more holes, and that's what the
MultiFaceCard gives you - two more parallel ports and two
more serial ports.
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not yet been built.
The pom ihemse+m are c* dw end of four cables that
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provided at the rear of the computer Each bracket has one
serial and one parallel port on c To uve spate the serial con-
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nectors are ol the 9-pm type, which Is the standard in ihe IBM
world - serial cables with 9-pin connectors are readily available,
but if you fancy making your own the manual details the prn-
outs for 9-pin to 9-pin and 9-pin to 25-pin.
It also tells you how to wire a null modem cable in order to
connect two Amigas for data transfer.
The parallel ports are standard Amiga, with *5V on pin 14
as normal so diat samplers, for example, can draw their power
from the Amiga.
The software is simple to set up. The manual describes the
procedure clearly, although beginners might be a bit frightened
by all the talk of devices and mountltsts.
But it's quite painless, and the whole system can be set up to
auto-conftgure upon booting, or you can leave everything
switched off and ckk on icons to turn various porta on and off
when you require them.
Should you prefer using ihe CLI. then there's a MapDevice
command that can turn any or alt of the four extra ports on
and off.
The software is fully multitasking, so it's perfectly possible,
for example, to be printing something and scanning something
and sampling something all at the same time, although you'll
appreciate that this takes memory and will obviously slow
down each process by a certain amount
The question to ask yourself is if not having to keep power-
ing down to swap kit is worth £ 1 49 It certainly is to me
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Databases
Prodata 1.2
A fait, visually uninspiring, but powerful database with
quick searches, good formatting and password features,
and a variety of powerful options, Prodata is the best
choice for general home and business use lor those unwill-
ing to spend the extra on Superbase Pro 4.
Prodata is a little less friendly than il could be and has
no support for graphics or sound within records, but it is
an excellent workhorse and will suffice for most |obs. Users
who prefer Wysiwyg packages, or who insist on user-friend-
liness. would be advised to skip this one.
Supplier Arnor
Phone: 073) 68909
Price: £99.95
Superbase
Professional 4
This package does everything, end of story. Superbase Pro
A (SB4) is a monster of a program with a huge manual and
its own built in programming language. The latest version,
due for release soon, will even enable users to produce
standalone databases lor use at customer information
points and so on in exactly the same way as dBase and
other high-end PC packages.
SB4 already has its Database Management Language
(DML) similar to the SQLs found in PC packages, so the
expert user can produce extremely complex reports full of
calculations, cross referencing, and so on.
In addition, the package is stuffed with class touches
and is easily the most visually awe-inspiring business pack-
age available for the Amiga.
Graphics and sound can be incorporated in a record to
be played or displayed al the click of a user-defined button,
palettes and displays can be customised to the heart's con-
tent, and there are VCR-styfe controls, menus, and a host of
clear requesters to aid user friendliness.
SB4 is the expert's choice, and the first stop for business
users, but it is very expensive and definitely not recom-
mended for the average user.
AmiBase Pro
Originally developed from a shareware program, AmiBase
Professional III has been souped up and released as a bud-
get commercial release in much the same way as
PowerPacker III was. The program still looks like shareware,
Every month, we examine in
brief a selection of the
best software on offer.
This time around, the
critical eye falls on
databases and
spreadsheets
but il is a deceptively powerful little beast which
beats some of the expensive packages in more than one
area.
Regular readers of Amigo Computing will already have
AmiBase Professional II. distnbuted on our CoverDisk last
year, so vlll will come as no surprise to them.
It is quite fast, has good search and filtering options,
and is easy to use via the button conirols supplied for
most functions.
It even has support for graphics which the user can
attach to a record then view through the good offices of
PPShow.
Serious users will give this one a miss, but at the price
it's well worth a took.
Supplier: Amiganuts United
Fax; 0703 785680
Price: £10
Spreadsheets
Professional Calc
Easily the most appealing spreadsheet to look at (a job
hard enough in itself). ProCalc is also one ol the more
powerful. Developed by Cold Disk, the makers ol
ProDraw and ProPage, the package is slick, well presented,
fairly easy to use, and fits well with the rest of the com-
pany's range.
Worksheets can be laid out m a range of fonts and text
effects for maximum impact, then output to a PostScript
printer, and there are several options for the generation of
graphs and charts to aid preseniation of your data.
All graphs can be created as IFFs for on-screen viewing,
or output as ProDraw clips for use in either ProDraw or
ProPage.
With the direct ARexx hotlink between ProPage 3.0 and
ProCalc, this package has lo be the first choice for those
with an eye to visual impact.
Supplier: HB Marketing
Phone: 0753 686000
Price: £129.96
K Spread 4
This has to be the first choice for business users, by virtue of
the massive range of features Kuma have crammed into it.
K Spread 4 has the most extensive range of power features
of any Amiga spreadsheet and the most import/export
options.
The package will accept Lotus 1-2-3 data, Data
Interchange Format (DIF), and straight Ascii data tables, so
it is ideal for Amiga owners with PCs at the office who want
to do some senous work at home.
Not as slick or easy lo use as ProCalc, K-Spread is
nonetheless a well put together program with plenty of
menu and keyboard short-cut controls, and if you can get
over the GEM-style desktop (a throwback to the program's
original ST version) it is the obvious business buy.
DGCalc
An old and mostly superseded program, DGCalc is for
those with basic spreadsheet requirements and very liltle
else. It has no graphics support, little in the way of special
features, and looks appalling.
Having thus dismissed it, the program still does the job
of crunching numbers, and as long as you don't expect
anything fancy - calculating the monthly household bud-
get is about as tar as it should be allowed to go - It's a
decent buy at the pnce.
Supplier Digita
Price: £39.95
Phone: 0395 270273
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PROFESSIONAL
^FOOTBALL MASTERS^
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Football Masters is the wry latest Multi-Manager Football Simulator for 16 bit
computers. After 5 years of development we are proud to announce the release ■ if
the most apprehensive football management game ever. This Is the fourth and
final revision . It's watting to test your skills right no w! Features Inchide:-
Multl- Manage* game lor I to 4 Player* Three level* ol dl
,.„,„., | I* Hnui lltsp.n.h Available!
Choose six from fifteen Tactics The player Formation routine Is the most versatile ever created
You can inspect nearly all Opponents Statistics and you can sec all Pitch Sizes
Match highlights minute by minute, make subslitullons or team changes al any time. Live injuries,
yeflow/red cards and named goahcorci* Match Report with possession, number of shots elc.
Full UK and European Cup itinerary Includes FA. League. Zenllh Data, Aulogjass. European. Cup
Winners and UEFA Cups. All cup match rules have been made as accurate as possible Two leg ties.
Extra time. Away goal rule. Seeded draws. European Mini Leagu— . etc You can physical
participate in any Penalty Shootout, fully anlmaled graphics, controled by joystick and/or mouse.
AD 4 league divisions (Includes Premier) wilh playoffs and league expulsion
Real Initial, surname, league career records, height and age entered for all players as al the start of
the 92/93 Season. Seven skill ratings per player, separate ones lor goalkeepers Phis 15 other
special attributes like Captain. Super Subs & Mobility Players Preferred Fool
A lively and real time transfer market, with an approach facility, negotiate wages and contracts,
in. hides Foreign Transactions Plus loans, free transfers and trainees. Unique and simple training
system to improve player skills 51 2K version excludes some features listed in this advertisement
High quality printer facilities to list all the vital information. Masses of historical statistics on past
games, players and manager. Realistic Gale Capacities and Ground Improvements
Quick game data load and save . All screens updated qukkrv and displayed in a pleasant formal, which
is easy lo use and comfortable to read. Fully mouse operated. Printed Instruction booklet with plenty
ol diagrams. An Editor is available (as an extra) to add flexibility to the new or saved games.
An options screen allows some of the above to be switched off if so desired Others not mentioned
above Include Show All Goalscorera (when possible) and Show Transfer News
NEW ENHANCED 92/93 VERSION
Bold lexl highlights new features. Scottish version also av<iltable
There are many, many other little things thai make this game the most addictive and accurate
interpretation of a Football Managers season. It would be impossible to list al the features In
this advert but we assure you that this is the best We have thousands of satisfied customers
from our previous edition of this game, many are still playing it 2 years after purchase. See
the order lorm below lor details on how to order this incredible game. Available (or all Atari
STs and Amiga's PC WINDOWS version coming soon. November 1992.
An amazing graphical strategic
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If you're going lo start anywhere, why not with one of the
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slash in price a lot more affordable than you might
imagine.
If quality counts you can't go far wrong with a drive
that's not only one of fastest on the market but also boasts
the option ol an additional 8Mb ol fast RAM. a SCSI port
and a game switch which unlike some doesn't disable the
on-board RAM.
As with almost all hard disks there's a whole range of
sizes available starting from 40Mb stretching nght up to
21 3. If you're interested in the basic version it will set you
back a very reasonable £349 - which is literally a full £100
cheaper than the figure asked on the units initial release.
Supplier: Silica Systems
Phone: 081-3091111
Price £349 (40Mb unpopulated)
A530 Turbo
As a logical progression to the HD*, the AS30 Turbo is a
obvious choice. Although physically identical to the afore-
said HD- the AS 30 is a different kettle of fish altogether.
Although not strictly just a hard disk it's nevertheless
well worth a mention especially for those who take their
computing senously. tike its predecessor the A530 has an
identical selection of disk sizes - minus the 40Mb option, a
SCSI port plus the option for up to 8Mb of 32-bit RAM.
As you may have guessed thanks lo the reference to 32-
bit RAM, the unit also boasts the power of a 40MH* 68030
which can be fitted with an optional 68882 co-processor.
When the combination of hard disk, accelerator. FPU
and RAM are put together you're dealing with a powerful
beast which on pure speed will eastly out-gun a standard
Amiga 3000.
On top of all of this, both the HD* and A530 will accept
the services of a plug-in Vortex 286 PC emulator which
somehow manages lo squeeze in among the ever growing
band of components.
Supplier: Silica Systems
£849 (bask unit - 80Mb h/drive)
Phone: 081-309 1111
Rossmoller Hard Disk
Or to give it its full title, the Rossmoller 52Mb Quantum.
Although the word Quantum is synonymous with quality it
must be said that the hardware around it doesn't quite
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match up. Unlike the majorily of drives mentioned, ihe
Rossmoller doesn't have the option of adding any additional
RAM. In addition power is provided solely by the Amiga and
as a result excessive drain on the machine can be a real
problem.
Another minor irritation is that although the drive is a
SCSI there's no way of daisy-chaining additional drives to
your existing Quantum. Still on the other side of the coin
the unit does offer a DMA pass-through which allows you to
exploit the services of any other peripherals that take advan-
tage of the side slot.
However it's worth baring in mind this could cause even
more power problems il they to are powered solely by the
machine.
The drive arrives pre-formatted, so all you have to do is
simply add the software of your choice. If you don't want
whistles and bells and can live without LtDs the Rossmoller
is a respectable bargain basement investment
Supplier: Sysons Associates
Phone: 081-907 2100
Price: £319
AVS Trumpcard 500AT
Just like the HD*, the AT comes in a very pleasing Amiga-
esque moulded plastic case complete with power and access
lights.
Like the Rossmoller the AT also arrives minus a PSU, but
unlike the aforementioned drive it doesn't appear to suffer
from any of the Rossmoller's power problems, even when
equipped with a full complement of 8Mb of RAM.
Both the drive and RAM are extremely economic con-
cerning power but even so an option for an external PSU
has been added. The reason for this seemingly unnecessary
option is the drive's DMA through port.
Like the Rossmoller, the option allows the connection ol
CD-ROMs and other side slot peripherals without the need
lo remove your drive - a problem which haunts a lot of the
opposition.
With a reasonably quick 52Mb Quantum, up to 8Mb of
RAM, DMA pass-through and arguably the best and cer-
tainly the easiest installation software on the market the
AT ts one of the most attractive options around.
The only problem with a 52Mb AT interface as opposed
to the equally spacious SCSI drives offered by the opposi-
tion is that of speed and expandability.
Although about average for speed transferring 530k per
second, its main downfall is its inability to daisy-chain extra
drives- a la SCSI.
II however you think one drive will be more than
enough and find DMA access essential the AT is a very
attractive option.
Supplier: MkroPace
Phone: 0753 551888
Price: £399 (52Mb unpopulated)
Ashcom
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last but not least we arrive at a real punter product in the
form ol Ashcom's ADDHard 45Mb. Not perhaps the most
inspiring title even to adorn a drive but if it's value you're
after, who cares what it's called?
The drive itself is the ultimate in simplicity - no SCSI
port, no RAM expansion, no PSU, just a bargain basement
price tag which suits the basic do-the-job design of the
drive,
It's small and rather unassuming in comparison to the
style of the CVP and AT drives, but still retains a modicum
of minimalist dignity.
As you might expect speed isn't the drives strong point,
especially in relation to the dynamic duo of the AT and
HD*. Still having said that il you're making your first move
from a floppy-based system it's nothing short of blistering.
Like the Rossmoller, the drive comes completely format-
ted with either Workbench 1 .3 or 2 so installation is a sim-
ply case of plug-in and you're off.
ff you're after a cheap and cheerful introduction to hard
disk use without any of the fntls offered by the opposition,
the Ashcom is just about ideal, especially if you're on a
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Siren 160
Software Demon 15
Softmachine 164
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♦ A500. 2.04, I Meg, A590. 2 Meg,
Citizen I20D Primer. External Drive,
Sound Sampler. £375. 0284 724177
Steve.
♦ Rocky Chroma Key £200. Tel 0628
35686.
♦ Thunderhawk. Golf. Kick Off H,
Technosound Turbo. Finest Hour,
Champ Manager. Casino + others.
Offers. 0638 743718.
♦ A 1 500. WB2, 04. 3Mb Ram. GVP
52Mb. £200 Games. £880. (0222)
615459.
♦ Accommodation in Prague offered
to Amigists £5. Fax Ludek 42 2
4719741.
♦ GVP HC8 Hard Card 2 Meg Ram. 6
months. £150 ono. 0734 668326.
♦ Trumpcard SCSI Controller
(500/2000). Complete - as new.
Excellent price. Write: J. Oliveira, Urb.
da Portela. L35 3'Esq. 2685 Sacavem.
Portugal.
♦ Wanted: Colour Monitor. Will
swap for CPC464 computer with
monitor. Worth over £500. Will also
pay cash! Tel 0478 2810.
♦ Shine Modem LCS 8824. As new
boxed. £55. 0727 58766.
♦ Amiga disk magazine containing
competitions, contacts +. Call Sharif
(0252) 873165 information.
♦ CDTV with Tides - Keyboard £255.
Mint condition. 081 203 8373.
♦ A500+. 4 megs. GVP 52 meg, Star
LC200 colour, Expertdraw. Prowrite
3.2. A.Replay 3. £750. 0905 754664.
♦ Help! Kefrens IFF-Converter V2
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evenings.
♦ Amiga contacts wanted. Send 5AE
to Skcs. PO Box 214. Ilford. Essex IG3
BRT. London UK.
♦ A500+. 4 megs, GVP 52 meg Hard
drive, Action Replay 3. Star LC200
Colour Printer. £800 ono. 0905
754664.
♦ Amiga A2000 Pro-Video, Genlock,
DPaint, RGB. Monitor, X-tra
Programmes, £1 100. Graphics Tablet -
A4 Photolab £260. Video equipment
also available. 0428 713336
Hampshire.
♦ Bare Commodore A209I Hard
Disk Controller with space for 2 meg,
£50. Tel 0622 745520.
♦ Amiga contacts wanted. 100% reply.
Jimmy Ly. 8 Wooderson Close. South
Norwood. London SE25 6JP.
♦ Selling KCS Power Board A500 MS
Dos. manuals, complete £180. Phone
021 477 2667 evenings, Bill.
♦ Battle Command, Corporation, £ 1 0
each. 5I2K Memory Expansion. 0722
337032. Stuart
♦ Call Sleepy Town BBS. 0234
26723 1 . Amiga Files, Echomail. games.
Up to 2400 baud 8-N-l.
♦ Espania Games '92. £18. Carl Lewis
Challenge. £12. Boxed. Mark 0482
564775.
♦ Software sale. Due to financial
problems I'm selling up. For lists write
to Steve, 5 London Road, Long Sutton,
Lines PEI2 9EA.
♦ New Amiga PD Club. Send blank
disk to NDAPDC. 50 Northacre
Road. Oakwood. Derby DE2I 2TN.
♦ Colour Inkjet. Hewlett Packard
Paintjet, unused with paper etc. Offers
around £450. Call 0423 528039.
♦ A500P 2 meg CBM Disk Drive,
CBM Monitor, joystick. Includes
Cartoon Classics. One month old. No
warranty. £500 ono. (0935) 814325.
♦ A 1 500 with Hard Disk. Monitor,
Printer, Action Replay 3, Amplifier,
magazines, Software Sampler and
more, £750 ono. Will split. Tel 0734
264744,
♦ A 1 500, WB2.04. 3Mb Ram, GVP
52Mb. £200 Games. £880. (0222)
615459.
♦ KCS Level II Sequencer, cost £250.
Accept £100. Tel Rob, Sheffield 0742
420403.
♦ Wanted Music Module Swapping.
Tasos, 66 Stanmore Road. London
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♦ For Sale Action Replay III - New
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♦ A590-HD 2 Mb Ram. boxed. PSU
software etc. £220. Ring Maidstone
(0622) 745386.
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♦ A3000/25/50 6Mb Second Disk
Drive. £800 ono. Tel (0533) 602253.
♦ Amiga contacts wanted. Reply to
Tony. 18 Larmour Road, Grimsby
DN37 9HH.
♦ A500+ and GVP 52 Mb Hard Disk,
£450. Tel 0742 550497.
♦ A500 13 I meg, several games.
£230. Tel Andy 0483 275849.
♦ Civilization. Another World, JW
Snooker. Jaguar XJ220. Risky Woods.
Willy Beamish. £10 each. Lemmings,
Gods. Project X. Swiv., £8 each.
DPaint 4. Vista Pro. £30. Phone 0443
201731 after 6.30pm.
♦ A500 1.3 upgrade, Action Replay
III, some games, boxed, £220. Tel 081
579 5927.
♦ 40 Meg Hard Drive. A500 compati-
ble, only £200. Tel (0263) 720900.
♦ Brand new unwanted gift 500+
Amiga Commodore and Phillips
Colour Monitor together with leads,
manuals, 44 tapes, introductory tapes
and unopened games, £450 ono.
Contact Mr Barron 071 229 8481.
♦ PD contacts. Graham, 10 Lonsdale
Street. Workington. Cumbria CAM
2YD.
♦ Nintendo Nes Super Set with six
games, £120. Tel (0753) 833157.
♦ Contacts wanted, 100% reply.
Write to Blair Sheldrake, 5 Desert
Willow Way. Brisbane. Queensland
4034. Australia,* Amiga I Meg with
software. £240. Phone 0509 502423
evenings.
♦ 20 Mb External SCSI Hard Drive
with case, PSU and cables. Ideal addi-
tion to A590, £100. Ken Holland,
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♦ Syquest SQ555 44 Mb removable
SCSI Hard Drive with one cartridge.
As sold for £400 - only £200 • -
Holland 0929 463945.
♦ Video Bonanza! Videon Digit-.*!
(S-Video) £95. CP- 10 Pal Encc-r-
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Video Post £95. AH boxed. (025*1
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DPaint. W/P. games, mint conditio^
£299. John after 7pm. 08 1 660 833 1
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♦ Internal Drive £20. 68000 £7. PS»
£20. 1.3 Rom £15. All used but goo
condition. 0625 873685.
♦ CDTV + Keyboard. Mouse
Drive. Trackerball CDTV gamei
Amiga games. £400 ono. Tel 022
592829.
♦ Amazing bargain - A500 2Mb,
External Drive. Rocgen Plus Genlock
loads and loads of software, wort*
over £1500 sell for £350!!! Good as
new. Tel 081 940 8215 evenings, asfcj
for Daniel.
♦ GVP G-Force 40Mhz Accelerator
£675. GVP Memory Board 8 meg
£250. AT Bridgeboard £150, Orch.4
Memory Board PC/Amiga 4 megi
£100. Sharp JXI00 Colour Scanner
£450. All boxed, complete. After 5pm
051 653 9733.
♦ Phillips CM8833 Monitor £120.
Call Steve on Southampton (0703)
557521.
♦ Amiga 3000. very high spec. Phone
for details 0733 578705.
♦ Beginners Guide to Amiga M/Code
Newsletter. For details phone 0453
825864.
♦ Sample Library. SAE to MF(ACOM)
9 Caroline Road. Llandudno,
Gwynedd LL30 2TY.
♦ P.D. Contact, Disk: Jon, 6 Rufforti
Crescent. Yeadon. Leeds LSI 9 7QX.
♦ Amiga contacts, anywhere, buy, sel
etc. Barry, 14 Fovantct. Wandswortr
SW8 3LJ.
♦ A590 Hard Drive, 2Mb Ram, £175
Phone John. 0703 772295.
♦ A500 WB I -33/2.04. K/Start 1.3/2 3
meg Ram (I Chip 2 Fast) ICC
Adspeed l4Mz Game Clock speed ai
1200) 52 meg HD. All document!
instructions, receipts, boxes. Tel 0601
778622.
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Gamers, run by Gamers! Free swa;
Amiga Market February 1993
service: Details from 28 Churchfield,
Ware, Herts SGI2 0EP.
♦ Amiga Contacts wanted. Send to 1 1
Pinocks Place. Stratton, Swindon SN2
6NE.
♦ JVC Colour Genlock Broadcast
Camera £650. U-Matic £200. 0242
570261.
♦ A4000 Software swapping: T.
Grude. Leitev 12. N-4030 Hinna.
Norway.
♦ Contacts wanted. Craig, 60
Sunnymead Road, Yardley, B'ham. Disk
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♦ Amiga contacts wanted! "serious
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Valer, Norway.
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